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Description: | A large cast lead bag seal or cloth seal. The seal comprises two discs of lead with a folded lug connecting the two. The lug has now largely broken off, leaving a stump in situ. The obverse disc depicts the letters A and B with a sword between then. The letters XX are depicted on a second line. A B // XX . A lead rivet head can be seen on this surface; it is squashed and flattened against the obverse surface, filling most of the disc. The reverse of the seal, has been made from a plate of lead, with three rivet holes and three corresponding rivets. This plate is badly damaged and corroded. There is some corroded lead and soil between the two discs. The lead has gone a light whitish-grey colour.The seal is likely to dates from 1650 - 1850.
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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