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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-CF27F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead Bag Seal or bag closure. Cast disc of two halves clamped and stamped together with letters and numbers in relief on both sides, discerned in four and three lines. The seal has a slot on one edge opposite a bifurcated opening on the other to function with a drawstring fastening. The following transcription of legends is approximate as some characters may be Cyrillic, the seal probably having arrived with agricultural supplies from Russia.
?Obverse inscription: [--]4 / IKOA / IIAIII / H45
?Reverse inscription: [---] / GFAI / ?816?
Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1775-1850
Diameter: 24.3mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 12.84gms, die axis: probably 6.
Class: Bag Closure
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1775
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 12.84 g
Diameter: 24.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24591
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wilberfoss
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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