Copper-alloy, 9.50 grams, 31.40 mm. Circa 13th century AD. A copper-alloy seal matrix of vesica shape with cast foliage and suspension loop to the reverse. The face bears a central fleur-de-lys motif surrounded by the text '+SCMVLINC' within an incised border. Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals. An Illustrated Guide to Dating, London, 2008 p.45ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, UK.

Copper-alloy, 4.84 grams, 20.58 grams. Circa 12th-14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy seal matrix of disc form with spine and pierced lug to the reverse. The design features a central heraldic eagle with segmented wing, regardant with in a border bearing the text +CREDE MIChI meaning Believe in Me. Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals. An Illustrated Guide to Dating, London. 2008 p.73. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 8.06 grams, 26.44 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy chessman seal matrix with round base, hexagonal column and flat loop. The matrix design comprises an ornate initial 'R' between small crosses within a ropework border. Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals. An Illustrated Guide to Dating, London, 2008. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Dartford, Kent, UK.

Copper-alloy, 8.45 grams, 23.40 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast copper-alloy chessman seal matrix with round base, hexagonal column and flat loop. The matrix design comprises an 'agnus dei' (lamb of God) motif within a border bearing the text '*S'BANANEC' in Lombardic script, with the cruciform head of the banner projecting into the border. Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals. An Illustrated Guide to Dating, London, 2008. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection, found Co Durham, UK.

Copper-alloy, 7.34 grams, 32.69 mm. Circa 13th-15th century AD. A cast vesica-shaped seal matrix with median rib and pierced suspension lug on the reverse. The seal's design is divided into a central field and surrounding text. The central design is a pelican pecking at its breast, with one wing extended over a nest of three fledglings and a star below. The text is executed in seriffed capitals and reads +S'TOMEFILISWANILT', probably intended for 'Sigillum (seal) of T(h)omas son of Swan(h)ild' with elision of the ending indicated by a superscript cross. The symbol of the pelican is drawn from medieval religious symbolism where the bird was believed to peck its own breast to feed its young onn its blood, emblematic of Christ suffering for the sins of mankind. Reference: Tonnochy, A.B., Catalogue of Seal-Dies in the British Museum, London, 1952. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: found Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England in 2008 and reported to the PAS at that time under reference WMID-108C08. Supplied with PAS documentation.

Copper-alloy, 5.64 grams, 21.87 mm. Circa 12th-13th century AD. A cast copper-alloy disc matrix with the remains of its suspension ring and dorsal bar on the reverse. The design features a human bust facing right within a quatrefoil, with radiating lines and annulets in the border. Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, London, 2008. Good fine condition. Provenance: found North Stifford, Essex, UK.

Copper-alloy, 7.86 grams, 21.18 mm tall, 17.50 mm diameter. Circa 13th century AD. Of 'chessman' shape with pentagonal suspension loop and collar linked onto the hexagonal section shaft, splaying out to the circular seal face. The seal has an orientation mark of three pellets to indicate the position of the top of the design when in use. The face of the seal matrix depicting the incuse design of a rampant lion with the legend *S'NICHI.D'STONET'ELI for 'Seal of Nicholas of Stonet Eli'; most probably of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Reference: Bryon Pateman, Collecting Seals, pages 100-102 for similar examples. Rare and near extremely fine condition, giving an excellent impression. Found near Newbury, Berkshire.

Copper-alloy, 8.10 grams, 12.32 mm. Circa 14th-15th century AD. A seal matrix of the 'chessman' type with discoid base, round-section handle and suspension loop above. The matrix bears a design comprising a curve-prowed ship with its sail furled on the yard-arm, and a flag with dagged edge on the mast. Around this within double borders is the legend in Lombardic capitals HENRI.SCILLOSE, the name of the owner. Reference: Harvey, P.D.A. and McGuinness, A. A Guide to British Medieval Seals, London, 1996 and Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, London, 2008 p.102 item 21. Extremely fine condition, cleaned and conserved. Provenance: found Grays, Essex, England in the 1970's.

Copper-alloy, 10.78 grams, 19.93 mm diameter. 15th century AD. A chessman style seal matrix with hexagonal shaft and suspension loop, the circular face showing a hare with trefoil of leaves (clover?) above and inscribed V SONOV SONOV (a variant of the SOHOV SOHOV hunting call inscription). See Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, p. 95. Very fine condition, giving a good impression.

Copper-alloy, 6.15 grams, 26.08 mm long. 15th century AD. A pointed vessica style seal matrix with ridge and suspension loop at back, the face depicting a six-rayed star with *S' STEFANI CRIM (seal of Stephen Crim). See Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, p. 123. Very fine condition, giving a good impression.

Copper-alloy, 6.37 grams, 18.25 mm diameter. 15th century AD. A chessman style seal matrix with hexagonal shaft and suspension loop, the circular face showing a hawk attacking a dove with the latin inscription *ALAS IE SV PIS (Alas I am Caught). See Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, p. 95, etc. Fine condition and giving a good impression.

Copper-alloy, 3.79 grams, 14.92 mm diameter. 15th century AD. A chessman style seal matrix hexagonal shaft and suspension loop, the circular face depicting a stylised stag's head with *[--]IVESV. inscription. See Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, p. 102. Fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 9.08 grams, 17.66 mm diameter. 15th century AD. A chessman style seal matrix with hexagonal shaft and trefoil suspension loop, the circular face depicting the intial 'W' with stylized crown above and traces of palm leaves to sides. See Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, p. 16, etc. Good fine condition, giving a good impression.

Copper-alloy, 6.35 grams, 32.01 mm. 13th-14th century AD. A vesica-shaped seal with a flat obverse face and vertical ridge on the reverse, with suspension looop at the top. The obverse shows a right-facing female bust wearing a necklace and with swept-back hair. The seal text reads SIGILLVM ADC LOPLORHC, seal of.... Reference: Pateman, B. Collecting Seals, London, 2008. Good fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 6.77 grams, 18.52 mm. 14th-16th century AD. A later medieval 'chessman' seal matrix with suspension loop. The design features a pair of addorsed birds looking over their shoulders at each other within a narrow epigraphic border. The legend reads C[.]EDEIM[...]. Reference: cf. Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Vol.1, Langport, 2001, item 585ff. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, England.