SEAL OF GOSSUIN DE MAY, ALDERMAN OF MAASTRICHT (C. 1250-1350) The flat round die is made of copper alloy, with a slight ridge on the back with a suspension ring. In a quatrefoil with redents whose spandrels the spandrels are fenestrated, a shield charged a shield charged with six roses. The legend is engraved in Lombardy between two between two grenetis: "+ S . GOSVINI . DE . MAYO SCAB(in)I TRAIECT(e)N(sis)" (proposed translation proposed translation: Seal of Gossuin de May (van Mei, Van den Meye, de Mey), alderman of Maastrich). Netherlands, province of Limburg, late 13th century or early 14th century. Diameter: 32 mm - Height: 10 mm - Weight: 16.65 g. (Good condition, corosion, small knocks) PROVENANCE Private collection Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) BIBLIOGRAPHY Yvan Rocher, et alii, "Veille documentaire. Matrices inédites", Revue française d'héraldique et de sigillographie - Veille documentaire, 2023-1, June 2023. Pages 23 and 24 (reproduced) We find this character cited as a witness witness in an act of the chapter of Saint-Servais of Maastricht dated 19 December 1306. He seems to have been an alderman of Heer-et-Keer, a town which formed part of the banns of Saint-Servais of Maastricht. This aldermanic family owned a house in the Groote Staat in Maastricht, which became an alderman's seat in the 14th century.