Gregorios, Patrikios and Akolouthos, 11th Century. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 29 mm, 20.75 g, 11 h). O ΓΕ-ΩPΓIOS St Georgios in military dress, standing facing, holding spear and sword. Rev. + KE BΘ ΓPHΓOP' ΠPIKIΩ S AKOΛOYΘ' in four lines. Cheynet -. Attractive grey patina. Good very fine.
For the title Akolouthos, see Guilland, Études sur l'histoire administrative de l'empire byzantin : les commandants de la garde impériale, l'ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατοῦ et le juge de l'armée, RB 18 (1960) 79-96. Unfortunately Gregorios is not recorded in this study.