BSG.OS.00117 — Wire or Metalwork Seal, Double-headed Eagle

Found near the city of Brno, Czech Republic, 16mm.

N?TZ(Z or 7) // double-headed eagle displayed with shield on chest

These type of seals are sigle discs with a loop at the top (often missing as here) through which a wire attached them to rods or other metal work (often bronze vessels such as cauldrons).

See Allex Kussendrager, Handels-, merk-, messing-, koper- of eigendomsloden, loodjes met een draagoog, m.u.v. laken- pinneloden. for a large collection of them, which include some with very similar markings to this seal.

See also BSG.OS.00056