Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, 1803, Image by StuE, Found by Paul Hewett.
Found in Essex, 19 x 21mm, 11.8g.
Russian Bale Seal
From Ged Dodd, "ЛД = LD / C.KЛAДУXИH / H42 // NP / CK12H / 1803
Flax inspector S.KLADUKHIN working out of 42 post at a port on the Baltic Sea coast in 1803 .. The previous Grower/Owner or Agent had the initials CK and there were 12 flax plant heads in the bale .. The seal can be seen at IDS 529 on The PeaceHavens Project."