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Description: | Lead Bale seal; comprises cast circular disc and either stub of lug for central shank or a much smaller disc on reverse; the latter bears a small butterfly shape in flat relief, though this might be fortuitously formed. Motif is Alpha, standing for Augsburg, a German city producing fustian cloth and also many of the cloth seals found in England, with three annulets (to left, right and above) with a billeted border also above. The reference cited below notes that the reverse device is a pine cone, the city's heraldic badge. These points were kindly offered to correct MF's previous comments by StuE. Stu offers the following reference: http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=86651Patinated overall. Diameter; 17.46mm, Thickness: 4.55mm, Weight: 4.87gms.
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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