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LOT 0383
Medieval Lead Papal Bulla Seal of Pope Alexander IV
1254-1261 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (49 grams, 39 mm).
(Rinaldo Di Segni); First Type, obverse with facing busts of Saints Paul and Peter with 'SPA SPE' inscription above and long cross between; reverse with 'ALE XANDER PP IIII' inscription in three lines.
ProvenanceEx 6th Earl of Arran (Sir Arthur Gore), 1920.
LiteratureCf. de Gray Birch, W., Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol. 6, p.275, no. 12,791, pl. VII; D'Arcq, no. 6049 (from a Bull dated 1255 AD).
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