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BULLA

Unique ID: SWYOR-0A26F9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete, lead alloy, papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV (in office AD 1243 - 1254). The obverse depicts the faces of St. Paul and St. Peter, beneath the inscription SPA SPE, with a cross pattee between them. The faces of the saints are contained within boundaries of small pellets and there is a single small pellet above the upper limb of the cross. There is a boundary of small pellets around the border of the obverse and another around the reverse, within which is the legend INNO/CENTIVS/.PP.IIII. in three lines with an omega above the PP.

The bulla has a well developed cream coloured patina. It is 38mm in diameter and 4.3mm thick. It weighs 36.18gm.

Bullae are discussed in Saunders, 2001, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Musem Medieval Catalogue, part 3, pages 87 - 91. A number of other bullae of Innocent IV can also be found on the database; see for example references YORYM-1C246C, SWYOR-3B1E63 and SF-514565.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Inscription: SPA SPE // INNO/CENTIVS/.PP.IIII

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1243
Date to: Exactly AD 1254

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 36.18 g
Diameter: 38 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Thursday 14th May 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2594

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Loversall (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK5898
Four figure Latitude: 53.47554265
Four figure longitude: -1.12760418
1:25K map: SK5898
1:10K map: SK59NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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