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Description: | An incomplete cast lead two-part cloth seal of probable sixteenth century date (AD 1500 - AD 1600). Length: 25.0mm; width; 20.2mm and 5.3mm thick. Weight: 7.53g.The two circular discs would have been joined by a connecting strip. However, disc 2 is missing.Disc 1 in light relief: Crown over portcullis with an E (probably) to left of crown. The surrounding inscription is incomplete and the surviving part is unreadable.The flat head of the stub that formed part of disc 2 is plain.Similar cloth seals depicting a crowned portcullis are illustrated in Egan 1994, refs. 41, 48, 49 and 107.
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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