Gregorios, imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and chartoularios of the dromos of Anatolikon and Thrakesion, last third 10th century. Seal (Lead, 26 mm, 8.61 g, 12 h). [KЄ ROH]ΘЄI TⲰ CⲰ ΔΟVΛ[Ⲱ Γ]ΡΗΓΟΡI[Ⲱ] / I-C / X-C Patriarchal cross on steps, the two intersections with a superimposed X and pearls at the extremities, profuse floral decorations springing from the base, terminating in four crosses in the fields, with pearls at the extremities; flanking the steps, starlike decorations.
Rev. A'CΠA|Θ, ЄΠΙ Τ, ΧΡVCO|TPIK, S XAPT૪ΛΑ| Τ૪ ΔΡΟΜ, ΤⲰΝ Α|ΝΑΤΟΛΙ, S T, | ΘΡΑΚΗC, in six lines. Taktikon p. 305, no. 5 (
this seal). Wassiliou-Seibt, Sammlung Boersema 16 (
this seal). Surface crack along the channel
, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Gert Boersema, acquired before 2021.
The dromos was the Byzantine department responsible for the road system and the postal service. In addition, it served as the foreign affairs office of the empire. As chartoularios, Gregorios was a high-ranking bureaucrat in the provincial administration of the 'dromoi' of the Anatolikon and Thrakesion themes.
