The earl on horseback to *sinister*, wearing chain armour, a surcoat and a cylindrical flat-topped helmet, latticed at the front. He carries a sword in his right hand and a shield on his left arm, bearing arms of *masculy*. His horse’s *caparisons* bear the same design, and there is a *wyvern* between the horse’s legs.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
The earl in a standing pose, wearing the same costume but with a *wyvern* as the helmet’s crest. He is combating a lion to *dexter*, and between them is a rose of six petals.
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Quin/4/2
Notes
Stevenson and Wood describe this as Roger’s first seal, but it must be his second by virtue of the dates ascribed to extant impressions. Roger's seals demonstrate the successive use of a single-sided then a double-sided seal by a high-status layman.
Dimensions: 3 ¼ in. diameter.
SW III, p.551.