Code: 13054
This is a nice medieval bronze pendant seal, dating to the 13th-14th century. The seal is of a simple button type with a securing lug on the back, the legend is cut in Lombardic script reading as "* S’ ION DE ALDERMAN STONE" Seal of John of Alderman Stone. The main design depicts a chimera with a lions head and distinctive serpents tail. Similar examples have been recorded in England from ESS-AF9641, SUR-57F50A, and DUR-B59434 for further dating.
OBJECT: Seal Matrix
CULTURE: Medieval
DATE: c. 1280 - 1380 AD
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 18mm x 7mm
WEIGHT: 4.65 grams
PROVENANCE: Originally found in Norfolk, Ex private collection of seals in France
