BSG.CS.01117 — Cloth Seal, Taunton, Alnage, 81, Portcullis with Lion

Found near Baldock, Hertfordshire, 15mm (overall length 32mm), 7.2g.

Blank // 8.1, TAVTON around (both N's retrograde) // portcullis inverted with lion couchant on spikes, 8 1 to sides // blank

Two alnage seals bearing a lion couchant on an inverted portcullis have been described for Devon [Egan's PhD, p.69] and another specifically for Exeter [ibid, p.74]. This is the first known for another County, Taunton in Somerset.