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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4E9426
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A modern lead cloth seal.
The cloth seal is circular in shape with broken edges at the top and bottom, likely when the bag was opened. "Cloth 1[6]72 * " is written across the legend with a Capital letter "H" in center with a circle around. There are marks of blackened corrosion on the surface of the seal.
Possible Similarities to - DUR-D370E0 (CLOTH SEAL) and NMS-E772E5 (CLOTH SEAL) due to similar dates and legends.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1672
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.89 mm
Weight: 1.98 g
Diameter: 13.39 mm
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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: Riseholme (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9874
Four figure Latitude: 53.25397065
Four figure longitude: -0.53254196
1:25K map: SK9874
1:10K map: SK97SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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