Ioannes, imperial (?) spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Hieron and Pontos
Obverse
Theotokos (bust, with medallion in front of her) sigla, with invocation at circ.
Reverse
Text 6 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / ᾿Ιωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ ῾Ιεροῦ τε καὶ Πόντου
Mother of God. | Theotokos aid your servant / Ioannes, imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Hieron and Pontos
Diameter: 17
Date: 10th-11th c.
Seals
- Fogg 108 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Nesbitt - Oikonomides III no. 72. 1