Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1780

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1780, Image by StuE, Found by The Hog.
Found in Wales / West Country, 23mm, 12.4g.

Russian Flax quality control seal. See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 462 using his extensive database:-

NP / ИФ12H / 1780 // ДЛ = DL / T.KУKOBЬ = T.KUKOV / H95