Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2006-05-15 11:10:46
Title
Medieval Bull
Description
English: A complete lead papal bulla of Pope Nicholas V, born 1397, Pope 1447-1455. Measuring 32.6mm in length and 37.2mm in width it is flat and 4.8mm in thickness. The obverse reads, NICO/LAVS/PP.V, on the reverse there are the portraits of St Paul and St Peter with SPASPE, for each Saint respectively, above them. They are in beaded surrounds, and St Peter has a beaded beard, whereas St Pauls beard is grooved, there is a cross between them.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Suffolk
Date
between 1447 and 1455
date QS:P571,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1447-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1455-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 132051 Old ref: SF-1B1416 Filename: WYVSF-1B1416.JPG
Credit line
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
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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