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Description: | Copper alloy circular seal matrix. This has an image of a single masted vessel in the centre, this has a crescent shaped hull with a mast in the centre surmounted by a small cross. The shrouds are show by a double line of ropes that emanate from the bow and stern of the vessel and meet on the mast below the cross. The inscription around the outside reads FRIVESX. On the reverse of the matrix is a hexagonal handle with a pieced oval terminal. This object dates to the 14th century.
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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