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Description: | Incomplete lead cloth seal of seventeenth century date. Diameter 37mm and about 1.0mm thick. Weight 10.39g.Disc 2 of a 4 disc seal. The edge has old breaks and the broken parts are missing. The front face bears the arms of the City of London:the cross of St George is ridged and obliquely counter-charged. The first quarter, the dexter chief, is charged with a sword erect. The sword has a cross-guard and the blade is straight and pointed. A border defined by a plain inner circle and a beaded outer circle contains the inscription in the upper part: DE LONDI NORosettes used as stops. In the lower part of the border is a simplified wreath. At the top of the seal a small portion of the connecting strip survives and the break is old. The rear of the face is plain.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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