Record ID: KENT-284455
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and engraved incomplete Medieval lead pointed oval seal matrix. Description: The matrix is pointed oval and flat. There is a incomplete suspension loop at the top of the reverse. The suspension loop sits at the base of a fleur de lis. On the front of the matrix is a small empty space in the middle of the matrix surrounded by a plain line border mirroring the overall shape of the matrix. Around this is the very crude inscription starting without an initial mark and appears to read "S'LO'R'E F ANBE" with the AN ligated. the matrix is patinated an off-white colour Measur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-274A4E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast tapered flat-sided weight. Sand imprints on one larger flat side and the adjoining narrower sides indicate this was cast in a sand bed. Patinated. The mass suggests this may have represented three units of 4.07gms or one half ora/ore, as used in Viking-Age Scandinavia for transactions in silver bullion. Weights respecting this and allied systems of measurement were probably common; those representing uneven numbers of units are rarer than even numbers. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950. Length: 19.2mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness: 7.6mm, Weight: 12.19gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-232653
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead papal bulla probably of Pope Innocent IV (in office 1243-1254). The obverse reads INNO/CENTIVS/PP I[V] in three lines. The reverse is very worn, but the faces of St. Paul and St. Peter with the inscription SPA above Paul and SPE above Peter, within a border of small pellets, a cross pattee between them can be identified.  The bulla has a cream coloured patina. Both faces are worn and marked. Reference: Similar bullae can be seen in Saunders, 2001, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue, pg.91-92. Date: Medieval. Diameter: 39.11 mm Thickness: 4.6…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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