FRANCE, Provincial. Avignon (Bishophric). Bernard. 1231-1240. PB Seal – Bulla (37mm, 41.39 g, 12h). S ЄPISCOPI AVInIOnЄnSIS. Near VF.

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Closing Date: Sep 2 2026 10:00 ET

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FRANCE, Provincial. Avignon (Bishophric). Bernard. 1231-1240. PB Seal – Bulla (37mm, 41.39 g, 12h). S ЄPISCOPI AVInIOnЄnSIS. bishop standing facing, holding crozier and raising hand in benediction / S ROMAnI IMPЄRAτORIS, crowned half-length bust of emperor facing, hoding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger. Catalogue des bulles et sceaux conservés aux archives départementales de Vaucluse no. 1978 (there appended to a document dated 5 February 1237); cf. Blancard, L, Iconographie des sceaux et bulles des archives des Bouches-du-Rhône (Paris 1860), pl. LXX, 2. Near VF. Very rare.

Though this seal is anonymous, an example of this type is held in the Vaucluse departmental archives that is appended to a document dated 5 February 1237.

Closing Date and Time: 2 September 2026 at 15:12:00 ET.

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