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SEAL
Unique ID: GLO-6A97F0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This is a lead Russian customs seal which has two holes which pass through the middle of the disc from one edge to the other. One side has the inscription ИB[..]/ИNKOS/N20 which would translate as Ivan Nikov who would have been the quality control officer responsible for grading the flax or hemp. The other side has *NP*/AG12H/1818 which may indicate its origin was Novgorod with the date of 1818. These seals are associated with imports of hemp and flax from Baltic. Dimensions diameter 22.5mm, thick 4mm, weight 11.79g.
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1818
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 11.79 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2928
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Longford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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