Ioannes Tarsites, imperial protospatharios
Obverse
Theotokos (bust, with medallion in front of her) sigla, with invocation at circ.
Reverse
Text 5 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. | Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / ᾿Ιωάννῃ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ὁ Ταρσίτης
Mother of God. | Theotokos aid your servant / Ioannes Tarsites, imperial protospatharios
Diameter: 20
Date: 10th-11th c.
Seals
- Preslav, Archaeology Museum 17641
- DO 55.1. 3349 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- Jordanov, Preslav no. 96
- Seibt, review of Jordanov, Preslav p. 135
- Jordanov, Corpus II no. 699