Cloth Seal, Somerset, Alnage, 1681, Image by StuE, Found by Nasher.
Found near Baldock, Hertfordshire, 16mm, 1.3g.
Missing // 8.1 .SOMERSET. around // missing // missing
One disc from a four part alnage seal for the county of Somerset from the reign of Charles II, dated 1681.
A similar design for the year 1674 was excavated in Stockholm showing unicorns supporting coronet with three plumes through on the other inner part but those were star shaped. See G. Dahlbäck Helgeandsholmen, Boras 1982. Recorded on p.211, Provenanced Leaden Cloth Seals by Geoffrey Egan, Sub-Department of Medieval Archaeology, University College, University of London. submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1987.
