John Karianites (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Linear border.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines, bottom line missing. Linear border.
ΘΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΙ̅
ΤΟΚΑΡΗ
.....
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ το Καρηανίτῃ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3521 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ το Καρηανίτῃ.
Mother of God, help John Karianites.
Bibliography
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel mit Familiennamen aus der Sammlung des Numismatischen Museums Athen (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of the name is based on this seal's better preserved parallel, BZS.1958.106.1659, listed below. Stavrakos (Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel, p. 194) and Jordanov (Corpus II, p. 191) list other seals bearing the name John Karianites, however, it is difficult to determine whether these groups belonged to the same person.