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Description: | A lead-alloy personal seal matrix of Medieval date.The seal matrix is discoidal, its flat reverse bearing a remnant of the lug handle, located at 12 o'clock, which appears to indicate the handle was deliberately removed. The central device is that of a six-petalled flower head or star design. The legend, which is extends around the circumference, is bordered on either side by a shallow groove, and reads :S'WILLIBART hOLOMS ('Seal of Willibart Holoms').Dimensions: diameter: 27.8mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 12.64g.Personal seal matrices of this form are generally considered to date from around the late 12th to late 13th/early 14th century, a theory supported by the use of Roman lettering in the legend of this piece.
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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