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Roman lead seal

Domed lump of lead with an oval impression on the base and a cord impression across the section. Lead seals are becoming increasingly common finds on Roman military sites where they were used by the military and judicial authorities for sealing documents, boxes, etc. The largest groups come from Brough-under-Stainmore (Richmond 1936) where they covered a wide span of years, and South Shields where the majority appear to have been connected with the Scottish campaigns of the Severi (Allason-Jones and Miket 1984, 8.37). It is now impossible to tell whether the oval impression on the base of this example ever had any motifs or characters.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

82.22H/4.2

Find Information

Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon

Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1975

Notes: Context, Code: 302, Feature type: topsoil layer, Date of context: phase U/S unstratified

Acquisition

Donation, 31/3/1982

Measurements

diameter / mm:16 (impression)
length / mm:26
width / mm:25
height / mm:7

Material

lead

Location

In store

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