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SEAL MATRIX

Unique ID: NARC-DB2175

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy seal matrix of late medieval date. The seal matrix is quite crude, has a circular face and a hexagonal faceted handle with a suspension loop. Below the lozenge shaped suspension loop is a collar. The face has a central device consisting of a central letter I which is crowned and has foliage to either side. A similar example is recorded on the PAS database (SF-CA62F1). Such matrices with a single crowned letter appear to have been common during the 14th to 15th centuries and this example is therefore likely to be of this date.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.46 mm
Width: 4.54 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Diameter: 13.98 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tong (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SJ8007
Four figure Latitude: 52.660347
Four figure longitude: -2.297128
1:25K map: SJ8007
1:10K map: SJ80NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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