Record ID: CAM-3793F4
Object type: SEALING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead sealing dating to the Roman period. The sealing is approximately oval in shape and hemispherical in section. The sealing possesses a circular perforation running its width which would have originally secured the chord which attached the sealing to a package or document. On the upper flat surface of the sealing is a stamped rectangular panel. The raised letters AL[...]//VIA are visible within this panel. Roger Tomlin, Oxford University has commented that the logical interpretation of this inscription would be 'ALAE VI A[...]' although he knows of no known 'ala' in Britain. The se…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-A249B4
Object type: SEALING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable lead sealing of unknown date. The sealing is approximately circular in shape. In its flattened upper surface, there is the impression of the obverse of a coin with a bust facing left. Letters from the circumferential legend of the coin can be seen but are illegible. The underside of the seal is uneven. There is a possible moulded L followed by pellet on this uneven surface.
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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