Copper-alloy, 12.15 grams, 35.10 mm. Circa 13th century AD. A vessica seal matrix bearing the device of a fruit tree (the apple tree from the Garden of Eden?). The ambiguous legend reads SI'[ ]LLV[ ]ERPISACDOTIS. Reference: Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, second edition, pages 478-493. Provenance: found Dunstaple, Bedfordshire. An attractive seal in very fine condition.