I have exhausted all the other subs and a few people have suggested I ask here. We are struggling to figure out what the figure and text means, what it would have been used for, where it would have been used and anything else you may know.
I found this in a field (in Scotland) a number of years ago and it remains unidentified. Museums, collectors, multiple different forums...plenty of guesses but not a single solid I.D.
It seems to be made of lead or something similar (anyone know for sure?) , it weighs 350 grams and seems to be a handmade disc with the figure of a lady scratched in to it. The lady appears to be wearing a religious headscarf or veil of some sort.
There is lettering running around the edge but is badly faded but some of the letters that are visible are in one of my photos. It could be SAxxx WEDICES or SAxxx MEDICES or something like that and people have pointed out that MEDICES is a latin word meaning doctor?
It also appears to be a mould of some sort because when I hold it up in a mirror the image and text reverse and seem to be a little more 'right'. For example the backward looking 'S' or Z thing becomes a normal shaped S.
This is a video I made to give a good idea of the disc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOGlt1Z6aCc
Somebody on another forum took exception to me linking to a monetised youtube video so here are some pictures (which highlight the words better):
https://imgur.com/a/3YiFY (the last two pictures here are in the mirror so the image is reversed)
If you need any other information just ask. I would LOVE to finally get this resolved.
To me, it looks very similar to many medieval wax seals that I've seen. Have you tried to do a rubbing (where you gently press a crayon against a piece of paper over the item) of it? That might pick up more of the writing. Latin was used as the universal language up until pretty recently - really, until the 19th Century.