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
- DO 58.106. 10 Dumbarton Oaks
- ANS, Mabbott 9
Published
- Oikonomides, Dated Seals no. 129
- Laurent, Corpus V.1 no. 463
- Laurent, Corpus V.2 p. 456, no. 501