Ioannes 196

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/E IX
PmbZ No.3000
ReligionChristian
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, unknown (office)
Seal SourcesLaurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Ioannes 196 was bishop of an unnamed see; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century or possibly the turn of the eighth and the ninth: Zacos and Veglery 2002 (VIII) = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 987 (L VIII/E IX). Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: monogram of Ἰωάννου with the legend επ - ις - κ[ο] - [που].

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