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Description: | Lead bale seal, 17-18th century in date.It is sub-circular in plan with relief designs on both faces. The obverse is two lines of writing '2'K/ TM', the reverse is a square shield with a cross in the centre. In the top right quarter are 5 pellets, arranged in an X-formation. In the top left quarter are two irregular rows of pellets. Each of the two lower quarters have two pellets in each. The shield is surrounded by a border of pellets.A bale seal is different to a cloth seal, it is put on the outside of a bale of cloth or other merchandise, usually on string.This seal was found in the same field as 6 others.
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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