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Medieval silver seal matrix
Vesica-shaped seal matrix. Beneath an elaborate gothic-type canopy, the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned; in the canopy base, within a decorated, round arch (perhaps the Abbey church), the cowled abbot with tonsure (half-length), in prayer to front, holding an ornate pastoral staff. Cabled borders to legend, which appears to read Sigillu Willme abbatis de nath, with sprigs, in early black-letter script.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2000.23H
Find Information
Site Name: Aberavon, Port Talbot
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 1999
Notes: on the beach around the low water mark
Measurements
length / mm:44
width / mm:28.5
weight / g:32.46
thickness / mm:3.5
height / mm:28.7 (of lug)
width / mm:17.4 (of lug)
thickness / mm:3.6 (of lug)
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