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Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« on: January 15, 2022, 12:47:05 pm »
I got this one in the roman lot. I have no idea about ancient lead seals and there is much less info about ancient seals than ancient coins on the Internet. It seems there's MSSE[?] there, MSSEC, MSSEQ or MSSEO. Letters look quite old, so I think it's older than XIX century. I've also found a bit similar one here:

https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF1179

Any information about this one would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2022, 10:19:41 am »
The lettering certainly looks Roman.  If this was larger and found as a bread stamp or brick stamp I would not doubt it was Roman.

Not sure how and for what such a tiny stamp could be used but maybe others know.

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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2022, 01:01:37 pm »
Yes, definitely Roman.
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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2022, 01:07:10 pm »
I also have something similar but different letters...

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=120153

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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2022, 01:21:41 pm »
Thank you all very much for your help.
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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2022, 03:30:00 am »
Joe, maybe Leg(io) II (or III) [P]AR(thica)!
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Re: Can it be a roman seal? Small, rectangular, with letters
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2022, 03:26:18 pm »
Thank you Gert  +++

I hope you are right  +++

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