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Description: | A four disc lead cloth seal of probable late 16th to early 17th century AD date. The object consists of four sub-circular discs (two on each side) joined by a connecting strip. One side has a blank upper disc and a left-facing lion rampant on the lower one (symbol of England). On the opposite side, the upper disc is also blank, whilst the lower one has the numbers "6 1(?) 4" above a monogram of the letters "NB" with a star at the top left. This information presumably relates to the merchant and the size of the cloth. The seal measures 26.4mm long by 12.4mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It weighs 4.98g.
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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