Wilkes & Curtis
Auction 5 13 April 2015
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Edessa, Richard of Salerno (1104-1108), Pb seal, obv. KEBOHθEIP [....]ZAPΔW KOMHT, nimbate bust of St Peter facing, rev. horseman right, holding lance and long shield, 27mm, 15.66g. Very fine and very rare.
See M. Phillips, 'A Lead Seal of Richard of the Principate?', London Numismatic Society Newsletter, August 1985, for a discussion of this piece. See also Triton XI, 8 January 2008, lot 1213, for a seal with similar designs but a slightly different legend and with the horseman to left instead of right.
Estimate: £800-1,000
See M. Phillips, 'A Lead Seal of Richard of the Principate?', London Numismatic Society Newsletter, August 1985, for a discussion of this piece. See also Triton XI, 8 January 2008, lot 1213, for a seal with similar designs but a slightly different legend and with the horseman to left instead of right.
Estimate: £800-1,000