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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: WILT-FBBE7E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete medieval copper alloy impersonal seal matrix, dating to the period AD 1300-1400.
The seal matrix is circular with a loop on the reverse, with a depiction of the paschal lamb (with a halo and standard), and has the legend bordering the lamb. The legend reads ECCE AGNUS DEI.
It measures 18.56mm in diameter and weighs 4.93g.
Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom". Page 78, No.594 for similar.
Inscription:
ECCE AGNUS DEI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.93 g
Diameter: 18.56 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5069
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9630
Four figure Latitude: 51.06931604
Four figure longitude: -2.05846481
1:25K map: ST9630
1:10K map: ST93SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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