Second single-sided seal depicting the earl on horseback to *sinister*, wearing a chain-mail surcoat and a flat-topped helmet adorned with a crescent. He holds a sword in his right hand and there is a shield suspended from his neck bearing arms of a lion *rampant*. The caparisons of his horse are chequered.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILLVM PATRICII COMITIS DE DVBAR (“Seal of Patrick, earl of Dunbar”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Dunb/5/2
Notes
Stevenson and Wood describe this as a double-sided seal, but it was certainly single-sided; the earl’s first and third seals were both single-sided, and the supposed reverse of this seal has significantly smaller and differently-shaped dimensions than those described here. That ithe supposed reverse was a counterseal (described separately) is confirmed by Stevenson and Wood’s own note that it was engraved from an antique gem.
Dimensions: 2 5/16 in. (57 mm.) diameter.
SW II, p.335.
Durham 2809.