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Description: | A Medieval lead alloy document seal dating from about AD 1250 - 1400.It is roughly circular in plan with one surviving ovoid looped projection at the bottom. It would have had another loop at the base and probably one or two at the top as well, but these are missing. The seal has a plain reverse but the front bears a shield, three lions passant facing the sinister side. The shield sits on a circular field of cross-hatching, bound within a circular, double lined border containing saltires, which is itself bordered by a ring of pellets.The shield bears the Arms of England, although the lions are facing right rather than left. This is probably a result of a die cutter's error; the mould being manufactured with the lions facing the correct side, instead of back-to-front to ensure the impression came out with the lions facing left.An almost identical example is BERK-6B34C7. Compare also SF10988.
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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