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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: WILT-F051BC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete post medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of two discs pressed together, missing the connecting strip. The obverse depicts a large A within an incomplete circular segmented border. The reverse features a stylised pine cones within a circular segmented border. The design on the reverse has been struck slightly off the flan. The seal originates in Augsburg. The lead is a mottled off-white-grey colour.

The seal measures 19.58mm in diameter, is 4.09mm thick and weighs 8.03g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.09 mm
Weight: 8.03 g
Diameter: 19.58 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 4235

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stratford Toney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU1025
Four figure Latitude: 51.02428498
Four figure longitude: -1.85879287
1:25K map: SU1025
1:10K map: SU12NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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