BSG.CS.01041 — Cloth Seal, Dutch, Gouda

Found in the Algarve, Portugal, 22.4mm, 9.08g.

Double-headed eagle, ...EERT around // (G)OU / DA

A cloth seal from Gouda. The double-headed eagle is usually denotes the cloth has been dyed to certain standards.

See Muntenbodemvondsten for a parallel and Mijderwijk, L.C., 2009, Stof en loden, in soorten en maten, diverse verschijningen van goudse lakenloden, Tidinge 2009 pp.140-146, Gouda.