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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 707278, member: 9204&quot;]Well, my book on British seals turned out to be not on private seals, but municipal and governmental seals. Oh well.</p><p><br /></p><p>BUT! By marshaling my other resources, I was able to learn that this is, as I suspected, a seal. But its not medieval at all. And its not a document seal!</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a cloth seal, applied by British merchants to bales of cloth or similar products. This type was used from the 18th to 19th centuries, after the rivet-type seals were phased out. The reverse, I now see, reads W/A. (Rotate the image about 30 degrees to the right) </p><p>Compare:</p><p><a href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=17500&amp;cat=131" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=17500&amp;cat=131" rel="nofollow">http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=17500&amp;cat=131</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=16302&amp;cat=88" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=16302&amp;cat=88" rel="nofollow">http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=16302&amp;cat=88</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=13088&amp;cat=231" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=13088&amp;cat=231" rel="nofollow">http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=13088&amp;cat=231</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating how it so resembles Byzantine document seals!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com//photos/enlarged/77001201.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. </b>Circa 12th century. PB Seal (37mm, 22.15 g, 12h). O/A/<font face="symbol">G/I/O</font>C down left field; [MEP]/KOV/PI/OC down right field; St. Merkourios standing facing, wearing military attire, holding spear in right hand, left hand on shield / MAPTVC/ MANOVH<font face="symbol">L/ KOM[NH]NO D</font>(OY)/KAN CKE/<font face="symbol">POI</font>C in six lines; cross above. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov II 351. VF, gray patina, suspension damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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