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SEAL
Unique ID: CORN-6F39B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead bag seal with a clearer reverse depicting a crowned ornate shield with quartered arms, possibly of England, within a wreath and the inscription ...OIN... within a raised linear concentric border. The obverse is very worn but possibly depicts a head with long hair facing right, perhaps of George III (1760-1820), who does also have this style of crown and shield on his coins, and wreaths on his coin weights, with the inscription ...ANA...NVI... within a raised linear concentric border. The shape of the shield and the wreath suggests that it may also be French like seals illustrated in Egan (1995) on page 191, Fig.40, Nos.304-306. The lettering is small and uniform and looks more 19th-century in date, as does the seal with its thick edge and standard slots. On one edge there are two smaller rectangular slots for a string to pass through the centre of the seal, and on the opposite edge there is but one, larger slot. It is uncertain what sort of merchandise it was used to seal.
Saunders (2001) illustrates an alnage seal with the head of George I and an inscription around it of FIDEI DEFEN on page 82, Fig.23, No.103.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 14.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th January 2013 - Sunday 20th January 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roche (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9760
Four figure Latitude: 50.404725
Four figure longitude: -4.858086
1:25K map: SW9760
1:10K map: SW90SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 191, Fig.40, | Nos.304-306 | |
| Saunders, P. | 2001 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | 82, Fig.23, | No.103 |
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