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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 NO Rosettes 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. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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