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Description: | Silver seal matrix with oval face. The pedestal has five facets and tapers to a four banded collar. Above the collar is an openwork trefoil shaped handle, creating three suspension loops with circular holes. The two smaller lower loops, closest to the collar each have three dimples around the outside of the circular holes and a depressed border around the inside edge of each circular hole. This pattern occurs on both side of the handle. Each loop has a further knop placed centrally on the outside edge. The larger third top loop has a knop on either side on the outside edge and a third double knop, so as to create a sub-triangular shape, on the very top on the outside edge.The die consists of a plain narrow band around the edge, then a beaded border, followed by a plain narrow border. Within this are the heraldic arms in a shield. A chevron with three pheons (possibly), two in chief erect and one in the base erect.Similar seal matrices can be found from Somerset (SOM-46A145), West Bradford, Lancashire (2011T261; LANCUM-2E5C81) and North Petherton, Somerset (2008 T669; TAR 2008, ref. 433, p. 360; PAS ID, HESH-AFAF81).
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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