Seal-Matrix: Robert Bruce V, lord of Annandale (d.1295) (4)

Owner: Robert Bruce V, lord of Annandale (d.1295)
Matrix Shape: round
Image description (obverse): The obverse depicts Robert on horseback to *sinister*, wearing armour and carrying a sword and a convex shield bearing arms of a saltire and *chief*.
Image description (reverse): A shield within a cusped panel, bearing arms of a saltire with curved limbs, and a *chief*, with a background of foliage and flowers.
Legend (obverse): Destroyed.
Legend (reverse): . . . LIS ∙ ANAN . . . (perhaps “…earl of Annandale…”?).
Catalogue: P/Bru/3/4
Notes: Date of striking of matrix unknown, but apparently after Robert's three single-sided seals; probably in use by 1292, and potentially much earlier on the strength of Robert VI's similar seal in use by c.1285. Dimensions: 3 in. diameter. SW II, p.263, nos. 589-90.