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Description: | An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy seal matrix, missing its terminal and with recent damage to the edge of the matrix. The handle is bent.The die is oval in shape and depicts a fleur-de-lis within a concentric-line border (which flanks the outside edge). The reverse of the matrix is convex (and solid) and the handle rises from the centre, rectangular in cross-section (measuring 4.27x2.47mm). It narrows mid-way and widens again to the break (which is more worn than the recent damage around the edge of the matrix). At the break it measures 5.70x1.31mm.The seal matrix measures 12.68mm in (bent and incomplete) height, the die meaures 14.37x12.88mm and the object weighs 2.30g.
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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