People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Seal-Matrix: Burgh of Aberdeen (counterseal?)

Owner
Burgh of Aberdeen
Matrix Shape
round
Image description (obverse)
A depiction of St Nicholas of Myra, with his right hand raised in benediction and his left holding a crozier, standing on a plinth between a crescent and a six-pointed star; hatched background.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGNVM BEATI NICOLAI ABERDONENSIS (“Seal of St Nicholas, Aberdeen”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
B/Aber/1C
Notes
Dimensions: 2 ½ in. diameter. SW I, p.52 (incorrectly described as a reverse; cf. Laing, _Supplemental descriptive catalogue_, no.1197). The use of the term _signum_ perhaps suggests that this was a counterseal.