Matillis de Mandeville, Countess of Essex and Hereford, xiiith cent. Matillis de Mandeville, Countess of Essex and Hereford; wife of Henry Bohun, Earl of Hereford: Cast of seal of: 13th cent.
Seal of Leo imperial first sword-bearer (protospatharios) and governor (strategos) of the Kibyrrhaiotai
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Lead seal. On the obverse, circular inscription, in the field, patriarchal cross flanked by tendrils; border of dots. On the reverse, inscription of 5 lines; border of dots. Obverse: + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Reverse: + Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν Translatio...
Richard Francis Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester, 1815. Richard Francis Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester: Seal: 1815. See of Worcester: Seals of Archdeacons: 1676-1889.