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Unique ID: SUR-B22443
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A small medieval circular heraldic roundel made from gilded silver. At the centre is a shield engraved with three lions' heads, their tongues poking out, facing left, separated by a chevron. The background is chased to receive enamel, which would have provided the correct colour values for the interpretation of the heraldry. The shield in turn is set within a trefoil, the inside of which is also worked to receive enamel. The back is entirely plain and there is no apparent means of attachment. The roundel is likely to have been set into a box, a belt-fitting, a cup or a bowl.
The roundel dates from the late fourteenth or the fifteenth century. The arms are those of Dudley, of Clapton, Northamptonshire (the baronetcy died out in 1764).
Notes:
Arms: Dudley
Class: heraldic
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Guildford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T266
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1375
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.76 g
Diameter: 17.38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 09.626
Treasure case number: 2009T266
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
To be known as: Guildford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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