Collection Item: Seal

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Seal
Object category
Roman
Description
Seal with letters PBI and impression of bull. Described in Eboracum as "Sealing, of lead, 15/16 in. diameter, consisting of a circular blob with bulges at the back made by the string that once ran through it. On the front is the impression of a bellowing bull, facing right, with the letters PBI in the field above. Found in Blossom Street in 1954 at the junction of Roads 9 and 10 on the surface of Road 9. P(ROVINCIAE) B(RITANNIAE I(NFERIORIS) 'Of the Province of Lower Britain'. York was, after the early 3rd-century division of Britain into two provinces, the capital of Lower Britain. The bull is usually considered the badge of the Sixth Legion, stationed at York.
Production date start
43
Production date end
410
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1971.299.2
Alternative number
MC55
Number of objects
1
ID
7397

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Bone (Whole)

Find spot

Place
York