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Description: | Post medieval lead seal. Sub-circular disc with two flat holes running transversely through it. One side bears the letters XB/[O or 2 or 3 or 6 or 8 or 9]K within a beaded border (there may have been more of this inscription that could not fit on the seal as it stamped off-centre); the other side bears a shield with a central cross and a group of five pellets in each of the the two upper quarters. Diameter 17.5mm-19.8mm, thickenss 4.2mm, weight 9.16g.It is not known what this particular from of seal originally labelled, nor has its precise date of use been established. It could have been attached to any one of many kinds of traded goods. Parallels have been found both in the UK and in Denmark.
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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