Cloth Seal, Searcher

Cloth Seal, Searchers, Image by StuE, Found by Blue_yeti.
Found in South East England, 20mm, 3.5g.

The rivet disc of a searcher's seal with (S)ER / (C)HED stamped on it.

These seals were proof that the cloth had been searched by designated official.

See No.204, Fig.30, Egan, Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum (B.M. Occasional Paper 93), for a similar seal.