Ioannes, metropolitan of Thessalonike

Obverse

St Demetrios (standing) vertical inscriptions with invocation at circ.

Reverse

Theotokos seated, holding Christ on her lap, vertical inscriptions, with text at circ.

῾Ο ἅγιος Δημήτριος. | ῞Αγιε Δημήτριε καὶ ἁγία Θεοτόκε / βοηθεῖτε ᾿Ιωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Θεσσαλονίκης. | Μήτηρ Θεοῦ

St. Demetrios. | St. Demetrios and holy Theotokos, / aid Ioannes, metropolitan of Thessalonike. | Mother of God

Diameter: 28

Date: Shortly before or after 1198

Seals

Published

  • Oikonomides, Dated Seals no. 129
  • Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 463
  • Laurent, Corpus V.2 p. 456, no. 501