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Gregory protoproedros and doux of Bulgaria (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans with medallion of Christ on her breast. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεο. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.,Θ,
.ηγορι
τοπρο
ρδκι
λγαρι

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γρηγορίῳ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Βουλγαρίας

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin orans with medallion of Christ on her breast. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεο. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.,Θ,
.ηγορι
τοπρο
ρδκι
λγαρι

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γρηγορίῳ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Βουλγαρίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5301
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 29.2.
V. Laurent, "Deux nouveaux gouverneurs de la Bulgarie byzantine," RESEE 7 (1969), 148-50.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γρηγορίῳ πρωτοπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Βουλγαρίας.

Theotokos, help Gregory protoproedros and doux of Bulgaria.

Commentary

Laurent suggested that this Gregory may be Gregory Kamateros, who also served as praitor of Peloponnesos-Hellas. This proposition remains hypothetical.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Deux nouveaux gouverneurs de la Bulgarie byzantine: le proèdre Nicéphore Batatzès et le protoproèdre Grégoire (Open in Zotero)
  • Les duchés byzantins de Paristrion (Paradounavon) et de Bulgarie (Open in Zotero)
  • Bolgarija i Vizantija v XI-XII vv. (Open in Zotero)
  • L’évolution de l’organisation administrative de l’empire byzantin au XIe siècle (1025–1118) (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)