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Description: | A complete cast lead seal matrix of medieval date. The seal is circular in plan and has an eight pointed star or leaf design on the front face. The lead is bent and very worn rendering the surrounding legend illegible.Many seals were produced in lead or copper alloy during the 12th and 13th centuries which bore simple devices such as stars and fleur-de-lis along with the name of the owner. This may therefore be a personal seal.Similar examples can be seen on the database as ESS-0C2DF2 and SF-68E227.The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The seal is 34.5mm in diameter, 3.8mm thick and weighs 28.7g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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