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Silver Chessman-Style Medieval Saint Peter Personal Seal
A superb chessman-style silver matrix personal seal from the medieval period circa 14th century featuring St Peter and an inscription.
Seal Detail
This superb medieval silver seal is a beautiful object, of good weight and substnace with a suspension loop in the handle, tapering to a circular matrix, somewhat naively but deeply engraved with a central robed and nimbate figure, that of Saint Peter, holding a book and keys in his hand with a circumscription reading SAVNCTA PET ORA (Saint Peter pray for us)
Seal Specification
Height 30mm (1.18")
Diameter of matrix 21mm (0.82")
Weight 13g (0.45oz)