The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL SEAL MATRIX
Unknown artist
Copper alloy seal matrix dating to the post medieval period; circa AD 1750. The seal matrix has a riveted die, which is decorated on both sides, one side has a standing lion holding a crown and a sceptre, the other side is a portrait of a man, dressed in military clothing, there is writing around the edge. The matrix handle forms part of a pendant, with a circular loop at the top, the body is flat and has a raised design of a man holding a sceptre on one side and on the reverse is the bust of a man with one hand above his head.
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