Code: 12311
This is a nice medieval bronze seal, dating to the 13th - 14th century. The seal is cut with the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with the banner. Around the device is cut in Lombardic script with the name of the owner "+S'P:A SEMAR". The back retains a chessman-style handle that is pierced for suspension. The Lamb of God design was often used by the Knights Templars, on the agnel d'or or mouton d’or coinage and on wax reliquaries.
OBJECT: Seal Matrice
CULTURE: Medieval
DATE: c. 13th - 14th century A.D.
MATERIAL: Copper-alloy
SIZE: 23mm tall x 21mm diameter
WEIGHT: 7.55 grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a European Private Collection, Chambourcy. France
