Ioannes 151 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VIII/IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3008 |
| Locations | Crete (officeplace); Crete |
| Titles | Archon, Crete (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Tsougarakis, D., "The Byzantine Seals of Crete", SBS 2 (1990), pp. 137-152.; Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Ioannes 151 was archon and paraphylax of Crete; owner of two seals dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals II 36.5 = Zacos and Veglery 2001b, Zacos and Veglery 2001a, cf. Tsougarakis, SBS 2, p. 147, no. 21 (two specimens). Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - δ. - λω - σου in the corners. Rev.: +Ιωα - .νη αρχ - .ντι και παρ - .φυλακη Κ - ρητης+. The text on the reverse reads: Ἰωάννῃ ἄρχοντι καὶ παραφύλακι Κρήτης. On the duties of the paraphylax, see ODB III, p. 1585, s.v. paraphylax.
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