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An amateur enthusiast has unearthed a mysterious treasure said to bear inscriptions from a forgotten medieval code.
Ivor Miller’s find is thought to be a medieval silver seal containing a Roman-era jewel and engraved with as-yet undeciphered lettering. Some have speculated a medieval farm labourer may have found the Roman jewel, a semi-precious stone, and handed it to their noble or lord, who placed it into their correspondence seal. Although it has not yet been valued, it could be worth about £2,000. Mr Miller discovered the piece 5in under the surface of a crop field, near Catterick, in North Yorkshire, two weeks ago. The 43-year-old, from Ludworth, near Durham City, was searching with fellow members of the Northumberland Search Society when his metal detector picked up a strong signal. He said: “I had found nothing all morning but then I got the signal about 1.30pm. I had a feeling it was something nice. “At first I thought it was a medieval horse pendant, but when I took it back and showed it to the others, they said straight away that it was a medieval seal and it was very rare.”
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