Cloth Seal, Oxon, Alnage

Cloth Seal, Oxon, Ligature, Image & Found by John GM.
Found Near Broken Wharf (Thames foreshore).

Missing // (SHME) ligature 82 above // crowned thistle OX ON to sides // blank rove disc

Three discs of a four part alnage seal with the rivet disc missing. Crown over thistle with OX ON either side of the thistle. The other disc has a ligature SHME? with 82 above.

An Oxford alnage seal with a ligature that has been found on other seals dated 1682.

Other Oxford seals have been found with the same ligature that Egan interprets as "[?EHMS in alphabetical order]", 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.