Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-58B1F1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Silver and gemstone seal matrix. Cast oval plate with a central oval collet retaining a smokey blue stone intaglio bearing an incised design depicting a horned animal with lowered head, possibly a grazing goat. A circumferential legend reads (reversed) +S CRVCIS, meaning The Holy Cross (or 'Saint Cross'), the letters being preceded by a cross potent and followed by five scattered commas filling a vacant space. A separately cast strip of metal is soldered to the back, bent to form a suspension loop. Devotion to The Cross continued throughout the Middle Ages, with three feast days linked to its discovery and veneration. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400. A crack bisects the intaglio. In view of its age and material this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, reference 2013T3.
Length: 16.6mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 1.14gms.
Inscription:
+S CRVCIS
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T3
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.6 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 1.14 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2012
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Other reference: NLM21609a
Treasure case number: 2013T3
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gem
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TA0440
Four figure Latitude: 53.845838
Four figure longitude: -0.420718
1:25K map: TA0440
1:10K map: TA04SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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