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Unique ID: IOW-0B224E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A post-Medieval lead cloth seal of early 18th-century date (1702-1714).
The object consists of two sub-circular discs (there may originally have been four) joined by a folded connecting strip from the series featuring a monarch's head. One disc bears a female bust facing left, that of Queen Anne (1702-1714) with the legend MAG BRI ET DEI (possibly). The other disc bears a crowned thistle, with "J" in the left field and "1/2" (the subsidy rate in pence) in the right field. The images on both sides are contained within a circle of closely-spaced dashes.
Length: 16.5mm; width: 15.1mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 2.73g.
As Egan (1994, 60) states, the relief designs on these alnage seals are characterised by fine detail resulting from well-engraved dies.
Contemporary cloth seals can be found illustrated in Egan 1994 (178; ref. 145ff.).
Egan, G., 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. London: Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum.
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1702
Date to: Exactly AD 1714
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 2.73 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th March 2015 - Sunday 8th March 2015
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Other reference: IOW2015-7-35
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum | 178; ref. 145ff. |