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Description: | An incomplete lead-alloy papal bulla of Pope Nicholas III (pope AD 1277 to AD 1280). Approximately half of the papal bulla is present, as it has broken in half where the string or cord was fastened through the centre of the bulla. It is now roughly semi-circular in shape.The obverse depicts the face of Saint Paul with straight hair swept back from the forehead, and a pointed beard. Saint Peter, who would have had hair and beard made up from dots indicating curly hair, is missing. The reverse reads [ ]ICO / [ ]VS / [ ]III with a vertical line of three dots after the S and the last I. A pelleted border is present on both the obverse and reverse and the obverse has traces of a pelleted border around the head of St Paul. It has a diameter of 31.05 mm, it is 21.28 mm wide, 4.82 mm thick and weighs 18.3 g. It is an off-white colour, with an even surface patina.Tim Pestell (Norwich Castle Museum) notes that it can be identified as a bulla of Nicholas III from the three dots following the S and 'III' (those of Nicholas IV, which uses 'IIII', have only a single pellet following the numeration and the 'S' is slightly different). He comments that it appears to have a hole punched through the centre before it was cut (or broken?) in half.
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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