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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi Guys, I recently purchased this item and have no idea what it is! I think it might be a seal or some sort but its very strange. The piece is made out of lead from what I can tell - its very dense. The writing looks to be Arabic or perhaps Farsi/Persian?   If anyone can help that would be great! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hmm... If both sides are detailed, it's probably not a seal (not an expert though). On a hunch, it does look Farsi. Maybe it's a lead die-trial piece? The Canadian Currency Museum has a few lumpy, dumpy white-metal objects that were used in this way.
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Valued Member
 Australia
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Yes a seal defiantly wouldn't have both sides with detail  a could be a trial piece! Making a trial out of lead is a good idea. |
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 Australia
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Um, yes, a seal certainly would have details on both sides. Seals were made in much the same way as coins, by the piece of metal squeezed between two dies. This is certainly a seal.
And I'd agree the script does look Iranian/Persian in style, or perhaps Mughal India.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like we can see the imprint of the string the seal was attached to.
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Valued Member
Australia
338 Posts |
Oh excellent thanks Sap, it does look to resemble the Mughal India style, it might be a bit tough tracking this item down precisely.
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Valued Member
Jordan
78 Posts |
its persian language
first face : iran,s central bank
second face : mint
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
Isn't a seal used to imprint on wax? I thought you only needed one side for that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
A seal can be made with any soft matrix. They can be uniface, but important formal seals usually have two sides (a document will have the seal dangling from a pendant). Both sides of the Greal Seal of the United States are depicted on the back of the one dollar bill.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Great info mass! Is there more specific information than mint? Or could this be related to the central bank mint? ALso wondering if anyone had a guess at the age of the item since the central bank was established in 1960?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Perhaps it was used to seal a bag of coins leaving the mint?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
2895 Posts |
trials are made of lead, so the dies are not damaged
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