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Medieval lead alloy papal bulla
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Medieval lead alloy papal bulla
Description
English: Medieval lead alloy papal bulla of Alexander III, 1159-81, 35mm in diamter and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 38.81grams. The object is circular in form with a rectangular section. The upper surface has a small concave area and the bottom is flattened, this is where the chord attaching it to the papal bull would have emerged. The obverse shows portraits of Sts Peter and Paul with the inscription SPASPE (abbreviations of their names). The reverse has a raised dotted border and is inscribed ALEX/ANDER/PPIII.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 1159 and 1181
date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1159-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1181-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 250124
Old ref: LEIC-FC52D4
Filename: FC52D4.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/205030
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/205030/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/250124
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Object location52° 41′ 50.64″ N, 1° 10′ 21.25″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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