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BULLA
Unique ID: GLO-5D5C85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete but damaged lead-alloy papal bulla of Pope Nicholas III dating to the medieval period. Nicholas III was Pope from 25 November 1277 to his death on 22 August 1280.
The obverse of the bulla is stamped with the faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets. Above the heads within the border, the saints' abbreviations would be visible with 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus).
The reverse is stamped with NICO/LAVS:/.PP :III. There is an omega above the 'PP', which is an abbreviation of pastor pastorum - meaning shepherd of the shepherds.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1277
Date to: Circa AD 1280
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 39.51 g
Diameter: 40 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2019 - Sunday 1st September 2019
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: St. Briavels (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO5604
Four figure Latitude: 51.7329743
Four figure longitude: -2.63852812
1:25K map: SO5604
1:10K map: SO50SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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