2008.117.6: Lead Sealing
Seals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.117.6
- Title
- Lead Sealing
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146784
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lead
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 7.8 g, 2.42 cm (15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.117.6
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Two concave shells hinged, folded over, and joined together. Inside, a small bronze coin (diam: 8mm), illegible but apparently a minimus of the type issued during the second half of the fifth century CE before the currency reform of Anastasius.
Verification Level
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