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The king on horse-back to sinister, in hauberk of chain mail, wearing a conical spiked helmet, holding in his right hand a long lance with three streamers, a kite-shaped and bordered shield in his left; the shape of the lance and pennon is akin to those shown on the Bayeux tapestry depicting knights at the siege of Dinan. A sword on the king’s left side hangs down below his horse, whose trappings comprise: breast-band, loose reins, small saddle and stirrup, though not all the detail is clear on this impression. Beaded border.