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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SF-A32966
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval lead alnage seal fragment. It consists of a single disc only, and is stamped with a crown over a shield halved with three lions to left and ? to right, possibly a single lion rampant. To the right of the shield is the number 3, the alnage fee. The style of stamp and lettering are very similar to Egan 1995, no.191. The disc measures 15.88mm in diameter and weighs 1.66g, and is likley to date to the late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1689
Date to: Circa AD 1727
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.66 g
Diameter: 15.88 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Claydon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum | p.179, fig.28, no.191 |
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