Record ID: PUBLIC-F044BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy seal matrix, probably the detached bezel from a signet ring. The object is a flat disc with slightly curved sides 15.2mm in diameter and 2.3mm thick. The front face has an incised retrograde letter S centrally located which is surrounded by a border of seven irregularly spaced indentations, and there are short incised vertical lines to either side of the S, and a crude arrow shape formed of three lines (possibly an attempt at a palm) between one of them and the outer edge. The rear has a broad mark running transversely across, presumably left by the solder where…
Created on: Sunday 4th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.