Ioannes 327

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX/E X
LocationsCherson (Tauric Chersonese) (officeplace);
Cherson (Tauric Chersonese)
TitlesBasilikos spatharokandidatos (dignity);
Strategos, Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (office)
Seal SourcesZacos G., and Nesbitt, J., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. II (in 3 parts), (Berne, 1984).

Ioannes 327 was basilikos spatharokandidatos and strategos of Cherson; owner of a seal dateable between the mid ninth century and the early tenth: Zacos II 191. Obv.: cross on base and steps, with ivy branches; circular inscription reading: Κ(ύρι)ε βο......δούλω. Rev.: +Ιωαν[ν] - η β' σπαθ' - κανδιδ' (και) - στρατηγ' - Χερσο. The name and titles read: Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χερσόνος. Cf. also Ioannes 150.

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