BSG.BS.01016 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Hemp, SPB, 1822

Came from around Wetherby / Goldsboro / Knaresbough area.

SPB at the top of the dated side is an abbreviation for St Petersburg (but does not necessarily mean that was it's port of issue. See - 'Lead Seals of Russian Origin in Fife' – John Sullivan, p.211, Tayside & Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume Six 2000.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 21 using his extensive database:- ЛД = LD / A.BAPAKCИH = A.VARAKSIN / (H14) // SPB / ПШIH / 1822