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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy double pedestal type seal matrix. The face only remaining. The handle is missing. The face of the matrix is circular and deeply incised with a central desigh of a tonsured head (facing left so that the impressed version faces right) inside a framing circle of small pellets. Between this and an outer pellet frame is the reversed inscrpition in Roman lettering apart from rounded Es, which reads:(crescent star) CAPVT SERVI DEImeaning The head of a servant of GodThe rear of the matrix is hexagonally faceted and has a stub of the similarly faceted handle.Date: Medieval - c. 1300 - 1400Dimensions: 8.4 mm x 18.3 mmWeight: 5.88 gSeveral similar seal matrices are recorded on the pAS database - for example: NMS-6D6B16, BERK-1751E4 and SUR-190572
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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