Record Details
| NHER Number: | 40484 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval seal matrix |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered a medieval copper alloy seal matrix depicting a bird (possibly a goose) and inscribed *SIGILLVM SECRETI .: (secret seal).
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Location
Full description
March-April 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval copper alloy seal matrix, (flat with very short median rib ending in pierced lug at top on reverse. Pointed oval, 29 x 19mm. Bird (?goose) walking to right with two small curling tendrils above body. *SIGILLVM SECRETI .: (secret seal). A cast of the seal has been made).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 11 May 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 6 February 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
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