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Richard, bishop of St Andrews (d.1178) (counterseal)
- Owner
- Richard, bishop of St Andrews (d.1178)
- Matrix Shape
- oval
- Image description (obverse)
- Counterseal consisting of an antique gem in a metal setting and a depiction of a charioteer driving a biga or two-horsed chariot.
- Image description (reverse)
- Legend (obverse)
- FRACTA REVELD SECRETVM – ought to read ‘REVELO’. (“When broken I reveal a secret”, or “I, the privy seal, reveal things broken”).
- Legend (reverse)
- Catalogue
- EA/StA/3/1C
- Notes
- Dimensions: 1 ¼ × 13/16 in. (29 × 22 mm.)
SW I, p.83.
Durham 3616 (2).