BSG.CS.01772 — Cloth Seal, Charles II, Alnage, 1682

Found in Hertfordshire, 20mm.

Missing // (SHME ligature) 82 above // harp, ENGLAND 1682 around // missing

See BSG.CS.00004 for a complete four-part alnage seal with the same date and alnagers' mark and also with ENGLAND but with a crown replacing the harp.

Oxford seals have been found with the same ligature that Egan interprets as "[?EHMS in alphabetical order]", Provenanced Leaden Cloth Seals by Geoffrey Egan, Sub-Department of Medieval Archaeology, University College, University of London. submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1987.

See p.161, Elton, S., Cloth Seals, An Illustrated Reference Guide to the Identification of Lead Seals Attached to Cloth: from the British Perspective.