Cloth Seal, Norwich, Mayors Seal, 1584, Image by StuE, Found by Doug Turner.
Found in Somerset, 22 x 18mm, 4.6g.
IS / 158(4) // Undeciphered image
Identified by Paul Cannon, "I am sure that this is a Norwich cloth seal of the type bearing a date and the initials of the mayor. ‘I.S’ for John Suckling, who was mayor in 1584. The other face appears to have a rampant lion. For a better preserved example see BSG.CS.01912."
A cloth seal marked with the initials of John Suckling. Mayor of Norwich - possibly connected to the Russel Company - See Egan PhD p. 176. From the same series see - BSG.CS.00742.