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Description: | Part of a copper-alloy personal seal matrix, probably dating from the early post-Medieval period.The oval printing face has been engraved with the initials 'B R', the letters separated from each other by a branch which splays outwards at either end. A beaded border surrounds the design. The matrix is of thin section, but the back gradually thickens towards the centre, where there is the protruding remnant of a rectangular-sectioned handle.Length of printing face: 15.3mm; width: 13.7mm; surviving height of matrix: 4.6mm; weight: 2.29g.
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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