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!3th Century lead seal matrix
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Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2014-10-08 14:40:08
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!3th Century lead seal matrix
Description
English: A worn medieval lead seal matrix of 13th century date. Roughly circular in shape but slightly warped due to wear or abrasion, which also obscures inscription. Decoration consists of a central octofoil surrounded by circle seperating it from inscription. Of the inscription only the starting letter is visible, an S which stands for signum. On the reverse of the seal matrix remains of an unpierced lug survives.

Measurments: 22.06mm in diameter. 6.82mm thick. 15.38g in weight
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1200 and 1300
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 641141
Old ref: KENT-53E254
Filename: KENT-53E254.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/487345
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/487345/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/641141
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Object location51° 10′ 37.56″ N, 0° 47′ 14.94″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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