LIN-911B44: Post-medieval lead cloth seal

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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-911B44

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post-medieval lead cloth seal from the fustians of Augsburg, sixteenth to early seventh century. The seal is circular and has an incomplete circular tab on the reverse. The obverse is decorated with an ornate letter A with annulet above and ?lis and annular below. The reverse depicts a cride pine-cone.

Similar seals are recorded in Egan, 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum', p. 106.

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 1620

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Torksey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8378
Four figure Latitude: 53.292472
Four figure longitude: -0.75627
1:25K map: SK8378
1:10K map: SK87NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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