Ioannes 152 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E/M IX |
PmbZ No. | 3280 |
Locations | Crete (officeplace); Crete |
Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Tourmarches, 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 152 was basilikos spatharios and tourmarches of Crete; owner of a seal dateable to the early or mid ninth century: DOSeals II 36.6 = Zacos and Veglery 2059, cf. Tsougarakis, SBS 2, p. 147, no. 24. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: ..ωαν - ..β' σπα. - .τουρμαρ. - Κριτη'. The text of the reverse reads: Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Κρήτης.
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