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Unique ID: SOM-CE2E79
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably disc 3 or 4 of a 4-part cloth seal, dating to c. AD 1590-1724. The disc depicts a shield with indented edges containing a double-stranded equal armed cross with the sword of St. Paul in the top left field, with CIVITA[S LONDO]N around the edge.
Dimensions: diameter 15.7mm; weight 1.13g.
4-part cloth seals had come into use by the end of the 16th century, with the alnage taxation system abolished in 1724 (Egan 1994, 2001). Similar seals from london can be seen illustrated by Egan (1994: figs. 19-21).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1590
Date to: Circa AD 1724
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.13 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 017392
4 Figure: SU3434
Four figure Latitude: 51.10429763
Four figure longitude: -1.51576098
1:25K map: SU3434
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. | 1992 | Leaden Cloth Seals | Oxford | Finds Research Group 700 -1700 Datasheet 3 | |||
Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum |