BSG.CS.01529 — Cloth Seal, Kent, Alnage, Charles II

Found in Leicestershire, 16mm.

Missing // crowned rose C R to sides // TP ligate, * K E N T around

The inner discs from a four-part alnage seal for Kent with the Charles Rex initials probably standing for Charles II rather than his father.

From p.373, Elton, 2017, Cloth Seals: An Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Lead Seals Attached to Cloth, "TP or PT (ligature) star above, known from Kent, Essex and Norwich (and now Berkshire – PAS SUR-83A407) (and possibly Devon or Hampshire) seals, (probably Charles II) [Egan,G., 1987, p.142]. See also seal BSG.CS.00154, BSG.CS.00161, BSG.CS.00392 & MOL 87.222/3."