Code: 11414
This is a superb medieval bronze seal, dating to the 13th - 14th century. It is nicely cut, with a billhook device emblazoned on a shield. The legend is inscribed in a Lombardic script, reading as " +:S:VARRI*DCOREDONO" . This would translate as "the seal of Varri Dordogne?". This seal was from an old collection formed in Strasburg in France.
OBJECT: Seal Matrice
CULTURE: Medieval
DATE: c. 13th - 14th century A.D.
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 28mm diameter x 10mm tall
WEIGHT: 13.76 grams
PROVENANCE: from a private collection of seals, Strasbourg. France.
