BSG.CS.01044 — Cloth Seal, French, Lille

Found in the Algarve, Portugal, 26.9mm, 12.20g.

(LILLE?) in Lombardic script above a fleur-de-lis // double-headed eagle displayed

Cloth seals from Lille more usually have a lion rampant, fleur-de-lis or Roman numerals on the other side. The double-headed eagle may be connected to dying practices as in the Netherlands.

See BSG.CS.01144 for another example.