Eugen Paraschiv-Grigore, The National History Museum of Romania

Ioana Paraschiv-Grigore, The National History Museum of Romania

An impressive number of lead seals was discovered in Dobroudja, which spans a time period of roughly twelve centuries and covers a variety of functions (commercial, private, imperial etc.). There are over 150 commercial lead seals coming from western Asia Minor, a good indicator of an extensive trade between these two regions, especially in the Late Roman period. In this paper we analyse the Late Roman commercial lead seals based on the provenance, also creating a stylistic classification and briefly discuss the merchandise that those seals might have accompanied.