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BYZANTINE LEAD SEAL. Ioannes. Archbishop of Ephesus (late 8th/early 9th centuries).
Obv: The Theotokos standing facing, holding Holy Infant; cruciform invocative monograms to left and right: Θεοτοκε βοηθει.
Rev: + IWAN / NH APXIЄΠ / ICKOΠW / Є / ΦЄCOV.
Legend in four lines.
Cf. BLS 2986 (for another seal possibly of the same owner).
This Iohannes may be identified with the bishop who took part in the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787 (Le Quien, Oriens Christianus, I, col. 684). Very rare.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 14.14 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.
Obv: The Theotokos standing facing, holding Holy Infant; cruciform invocative monograms to left and right: Θεοτοκε βοηθει.
Rev: + IWAN / NH APXIЄΠ / ICKOΠW / Є / ΦЄCOV.
Legend in four lines.
Cf. BLS 2986 (for another seal possibly of the same owner).
This Iohannes may be identified with the bishop who took part in the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787 (Le Quien, Oriens Christianus, I, col. 684). Very rare.
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 14.14 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.