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Description: | Lead alloy disc, probably the central rivet from a two-part cloth seal or possibly a token. The piece is slightly oval in plan and on the edge there appears to be a suggestion of a thin flat disc, the remains of the back disc, and a thicker squashed rivet but the details are unclear and it could be a mis-cast token. The back is plain. On the front is a raised design of a central vertical, the lower end of which curves to the right; the vertical is flanked by the initials G/B or G/D. The top end of the vertical appears to split and may run off the top of the piece, again suggesting a cloth seal. It is 15.7mm by 14.2mm and 3.2mm thick; it weighs 3.85 grams.This was probably a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchant's mark'. The use of a privy mark suggests a broadly late 16th to 18th century date.
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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