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Description: | A lead possible reused cloth seal disc probably or late medieval or post medieval date. This object is lozenge shaped and measures 21mm in height and 19mm in width, it is flat and 1mm in thickness. Projecting from the tip of the upper point of the lozenge shape there is a rounded protrusion with a probable circular piercing through it. The back face is plain and the front face is decorated with a central crowned 'R' which is within an inner circle. Surrounding this is border legend which is also within circular borders. It is worn and reads [ ]THM. COVNTV.[ ].
There is a possiblity that the design on the front of this object was originally created for a circular rather than a lozenge shaped object especially as two of the edges of the lozenge shape cut the outer half of the border lettering off. This leads to the suggestion that it could be the disc of a cloth seal which has been reused at a later date by being cut into a lozenge shape and pierced to be suspended. However, no parallel could be found for this hypothesis so the identification does remain uncertain. | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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