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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: SUR-9B10E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead alloy seal matrix. The matrix is circular, 2.7mm thick and 24.8mm in diameter. There is a flattened suspension loop at the rear. The die face depicts an eight armed Maltese cross with central pellet, surrounded by a beaded border and a legend in Lombardic lettering, the last portion of which is difficult to read.
This legend could be read: +S' WILLELMI D PV(TT)E and may be a personal seal (SIGILLVM) relating to the de la Putte family who were landowners in Hampshire, albeit some distance from the findspot, in the area of Winchester (Bramdean) and who granted estates to the Priory at Selbourne during the 13th century.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Inscription:
+S' WILLELMI D PV(TT)E
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 10.6 g
Diameter: 24.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Mapledurwell and Up Nately (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7051
Four figure Latitude: 51.25387935
Four figure longitude: -0.99833463
1:25K map: SU7051
1:10K map: SU75SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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