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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: HAMP-628804
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A worn and incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy seal matrix with multiple dies. The artefact is cross-shaped with a central perforated element from which four arms of circular section extend; one is broken and the flared terminal with the die have been lost. The surviving dies are oval in shape (c. 13 x c. 12mm) and each contain a low-relief device within a border. The devices are as follows: a fleur-de-lis, a lion rampant facing right, a heart overlaid by an anchor(?). This latter device bears some similarities with a clearer device on a similar object found in Essex and recorded on this database: ESS-393EF8. Such multi-die matrices tend to be attributed a 17th-century date (see Read 1988, 152; 1030, 1031).
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This record was made at a rally and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.1 mm
Width: 29.5 mm
Weight: 10.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th November 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4748
Four figure Latitude: 51.229261
Four figure longitude: -1.32827
1:25K map: SU4748
1:10K map: SU44NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 152 | 1030, 1031 |
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