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Unique ID: SOMDOR-3D18F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead seal. Ducal bulla of Marcantonio Giustiani(1619 - 1688), doge of Venice, dating to 1684 -1688.
Sub-circular disc of lead with cast designs and inscriptions on both faces. The bulla is cast with longitudinal channel for a cord to allow attachment to a document. The seal has split along the line of this channel.
OBV:[M A IUSTINIANVS] DVX [S M VENE]- scene of doge's investiture by Pope. Inscription reads clockwise for the first half, anti-clockwise the second. DVX reads down vertically at 12.00.
REV: M ANTON /[I]VSTINIANVS/[D]EI GRA DVX/[V]ENETIAR/ET C. - Legend in five lines with rose and two other flowers above
Date: Post Medieval
Dimensions: 36.98 mm x 35.25 x 4.61 mm
Weight: 38.66 g
Notes:
PAL1509
Class:
Marcantonio Giustiani
Sub class: Ducal
Inscription:
[M A IUSTINIANVS] DVX [S M VENE] //M ANTON/[I]VSTIANVS/[D]EI GRA DVX/[V]ENETIAR/ET C
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1684
Date to: Exactly AD 1688
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.98 mm
Width: 35.25 mm
Thickness: 4.61 mm
Weight: 38.66 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
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Other reference: SCMS011718
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Ricci, S. | 1985 | IL SIGILIO NELLA STORIA E NELLA CULTURA | Rome | 138 |