Cloth Seal, William III, Alnage, Rose, Image by StuE, Found by Barney Rubble.
Found in the Essex/Suffolk/Hertfordshire area, 19 x 14mm, 3.3g.
Missing // bust facing right, (OF ENG) LAND around // rose, 1 below // missing
Two discs from a four-disc alnage seal showing head of William III with inscription around - OF ENG LAND and a rose with 1d alnage fee beneath.
William III is recognised by his hook nose. See p.64, Geoff Egan, 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum' Occasional Paper 93, "William III ... can be identified from his hooked nose. ... parallels with the same stamp on the third disc provide evidence for this attribution ... backed up by the RWR ligature" and Endrei, W. and Egan, G. 1982. ‘The sealing of cloth in Europe, with special reference to the English evidence’, Textile History, 13, 47-75, - Fig.10 (a).
