BSG.CS.00259 — Cloth Seal, Anne, Alnage, Globus Cruciger

Found on Thames foreshore.

Two discs of a four disc alnage seal, inner discs showing Bust of Anne, inscription around (I?) D N R . in border of short rays // globus cruciger (banded orb with a cross on top) with figures beneath 1 1/2 all in a border of circle and short rays.

The figure 1 is often printed as J in Anne's reign and represent one and a half pennies of alnage subsidy.

See No.146 Fig.27, Egan, G., 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum, British Museum Occasional Papers, 93.