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Description: | Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century dateThe seal matrix is incomplete, missing the terminal loop and is heavily-corroded with some peripheral damage (with a surviving length of 16.7mm and a weight of 4.7g). The Terminal loop (with a width of 5.5mm and internal diameter of 3.7mm) is incomplete above a moulding, before the hexagonally faceted handle. The seal die was circular (with a diameter of 16.2mm). Both the encircling legend and central device are corroded and difficult to discern and much of the legend has been lost through edge damage. The central device may depict a heart-shaped object with projections from the top, possibly representing the Sacred Heart. It is not now possible to decipher any of the letters in the encircling legend. The surface has remnants of a dark-green patina and elsewhere has a pale-green to red brown corrosion.
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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