✅ SOLVED Lead Bale Seal ??

[tmosc]

I posted this and someone said it looked like a Lead Bale Seal. It's Lead and has markings but I'm unable to match it with any pictures that I found on the Web. Any of my fellow Treasure Hunters / Diggers / Archeologists / Dirt Fisherman got an idea ?

 

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[CRUSADER]

Its not a Lead Bag or Cloth Seal. Looks more like a homemade pan/trade weight.

 

[tmosc]

Its not a Lead Bag or Cloth Seal. Looks more like a homemade pan/trade weight.

Awesome!! Any idea how old Crusader ? Google search is kind of vague but I do indeed believe you to be right. Bale Seals were mostly stamped and the Trade weights that I've seen are punched or etched. Thanks so much !

 

[CRUSADER]

Awesome!! Any idea how old Crusader ? Google search is kind of vague but I do indeed believe you to be right. Bale Seals were mostly stamped and the Trade weights that I've seen are punched or etched. Thanks so much !

Difficult to date other than by general oxidation. Yours looks to be 100+ years old. In my Country they made similar all the way back to the Roman period, so site context is important, as the general shape of these changed very little.