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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy seal matrix of Medieval date. It is missing the outer edge of the die and the loop due to old breaks. The object is conical in form with flat, circular die and hexagonally faceted terminal that tapers to a transverse collar. Above the collar extends the incomplete but integrally cast suspension loop that is sub-circular in form, its precise form now uncertain due to old breaks. The die carries a central motif depicting what appears to be a squirrel facing left within an inner beaded circle. This is surrounded by an incomplete legend that is now mostly illegible, although it is perhaps possible to read []V[]A[..V?]. Plausibly it might have originally read 'I Crake Notis' or a similar abbreviated legend. The seal matrix measures 14.16mm in length (at die), 13.91mm in width (at die), 14.36mm in height, and 4.72g in weight.This is a seal matrix of Medieval date, the legend and central motif finding parallels in a number of examples that typically read or are derivations of 'I CRAKE NOTIS', which may refer to sexual conquest or have analogy with the breaking of seals (Harvey and McGuinness, 1996: 89; cf. BH-034FA3 with references). It is of Medieval date, c. 14th century AD in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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