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SEAL
Unique ID: YORYM-7ED746
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead seal, possibly cut on one side. The disc is flat and circular, with slits for the ribbon visible on the edge. One surface is decorated with a pelleted border and C'.M // [-]O.K. The other features a square shield with a central cross, surrounded by a pelleted border. It is therefore likely that this seal is post-medieval in date.
We received this information through the comments section of the database: 16 variants on this design of seal can be found here:- http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=15431&g2_page=11 But unfortunately it does not give a clear indication of date or origin.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
To be known as: Brompton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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StuE wrote @ 14:19:00 on the 8th July 2010.
16 variants on this design of seal can be found here:- http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=15431&g2_page=11 But unfortunately no further clues to their origin!
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