This seal was sold last May by Swiss
auction house for about $3800 plus fees.
The reference description from that lot :
Crusaders . County of Tripoli. Lordship of Botron PB seal .
BOAMVN-DVS⋮DNS⋮BOTRONIS Armored
knight, holding sword in
his right hand and with a
shield over
his left shoulder, charging right on horseback. ✠CASTELLVM⋮BOTRONI⋮ Castle facade with three towers.
Reference given in this lot - Archives nationales de
France, AE/III/141 - seems to be wrong.
I found five more
seals of this
type . And now we have six
seals look almost identical ( different
patina and state of preservation)
Left to right
1. Nomos 24 / lot 477 . 40 mm / 65.05 g
2. 45 mm .
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. The
Zacos Collection of
Byzantine Seals,
part II . Lot 142 . 64.40 g. The reference in
Zacos collection sale -
Seyrig 813 (Les sceaux byzantins de la
collection Henri
Seyrig )
I don't want to jump to conclusions, but it doesn't look
very good.