BSG.CS.00236 — Cloth Seal, Alnage, Fleur-de-lis

Found on Thames foreshore, 16 x 14mm.

One disc and a small segment of another from a four part alnage seal showing a crowned fleur-de-lis with I R to sides, all in a line and corded circular border.

An alnage seal of James as indicated by the initials and thought to be of a pre-restoration type therefore James I rather than James II. See No.125, Fig.26, Geoff Egan, Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum.