Ioannes 197 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VIII/IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3159 |
| Locations | Thrace (officeplace); Thrace |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Thrace (office) |
| Seal Sources | Mordtmann, A., "Peri Byzantinon Molybdoboullon", Hellenikos Philologikos Syllogos 13, supplement archeologique (1880), pp, 44-49; Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Ioannes 197 was basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Thrace; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century (the iconoclast period): Schlumberger, Sig., p. 123, no. 5 (= Mordtmann, "Byz. Molybdoboullon" III). Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: [Ἰω]ανῃ β(ασιλικῷ) [(πρωτο)σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατηγ(ῷ) τῆς Θρᾴκης. Cf. Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 91.
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