Ioannes, monk and archbishop of Bulgaria (type 1)
Obverse
Theotokos (Annunciation) vertical inscription in centre
Reverse
Text 6 lines
῾Ο χαιρετισμός. / Τὸν ποιμενάρχην Βουλγάρων ᾿Ιωάννην | πιστὸν μοναστήν, μητροπάρθενε, σκέποις
The Annunciation. / Virgin mother, may you protect Ioannes, the archbishop (chief pastor) of the Bulgarians and a faithful monk (metrical)
Diameter: 28
Date: 12th c.
Seals
- Fogg 2400 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides I no. 29. 7
- Laurent, Corpus V.2 no. 1497
- Cheynet, Comnènes p. 65, n. 61