Cloth Seal, Alnage, Lion on Crown
Cloth Seal, Alnage, Lion on Crown, Image & Found by Jason Sandy.
Found on Thames foreshore near Swan Lane between London Bridge and Cannon Street Bridge, 30 x 16mm.
missing // missing // crown with lion atop, 6 to the left
This is most likely an alnage cloth seal of George I. The 6 signifying the subsidy paid on the cloth it was attached to. This is quite expensive as 1 1/2 is more commonly found on these seals. See similar No.168, Fig.28 in Geoff Egan, Lead Cloth Seals & Related Items in the British Museum.
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