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Lead papal bulla, Alexander IIII
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Adam Daubney, 2006-06-02 10:15:43
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Lead papal bulla, Alexander IIII
Description
English: Complete cast circular lead seal with a design on either face, in almost perfect condition. The seal, or 'papal bulla' is of Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261). The obverse depicts the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear shaped compartment defined by pellets. On the right, St Peter's beard and hair are shown to be curly by the use of pellets. On the left, St Paul's beard is portrayed as being long, straight and pointed, whilst his hair is straight and swept back. There is a cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts. At the top of the bulla in the centre are the letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter.

The reverse of the bulla has the following letters over three lines. ALE/XANDER/.PP.IIII. The PP means 'pastor pastorum', translated as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. There is an omega above the letters PP. Both obverse and reverse faces have a pelleted perimeter.

The hole for the attachment chord is now closed up, originally running from top to bottom through the centre of the seal. Both face designs are aligned the same, i.e. they have a die axis of 0.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1254 and 1261
date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1254-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1261-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 134368
Old ref: LIN-544D81
Filename: LIN4342B.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/104046
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/104046/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/134368
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