Cloth Seal, William III, Alnage, Harp

Cloth Seal, William III, Alnage, Harp, Image & Found by Jake Avery.
Found in Binegar, Somerset, 15mm.

Missing // head facing right, OF ENG LAND around // I / harp // missing

Inner discs of a four disc alnage seal showing head of William III, Of England around. On the other disc a harp with 1 above.

William III (King of Great Britain) is recognised by his hook nose. See p.64, Geoff Egan, 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum' Occasional Paper 93, "William III ... can be identified from his hooked nose. ... parallels with the same stamp on the third disc provide evidence for this attribution ... backed up by the RWR ligature" and Endrei, W. and Egan, G. 1982. ‘The sealing of cloth in Europe, with special reference to the English evidence’, Textile History, 13, 47-75, - Fig.10 (a).

The 1 refers to the alnage subsidy of 1d.