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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: PAS-04E2C8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seal of early 18th-century date. A disc survives, slightly damaged, from what was probably a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. As Egan (1994, 60) states, the relief designs on these alnage seals are characterised by fine detail resulting from well-engraved dies. The disc bears a female bust facing left, that of Queen Anne (AD 1702-1714). The bust is surrounded by a border of short raised transverse lines and the legend ANNA REGINA. There is evidence for a loop at one point at right angles to the bust. The cloth seal has been bent as a result of old damage. Contemporary cloth seals can be found in Egan 1994 (65; nos. 146-148).
It measures 16.9mm by 15.3mm by 0.9mm thick and weighs 1.49g.
Inscription:
ANNA REGINA
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Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1702
Date to: Exactly AD 1714
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.9 mm
Width: 15.3 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 1.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd April 2014 - Thursday 2nd April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Weekend Wanderers USA Tour March-April 2014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Lockinge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4288
Four figure Latitude: 51.58929397
Four figure longitude: -1.39514884
1:25K map: SU4288
1:10K map: SU48NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 60, 65 | 146-148 |
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