Ioannes Manganes, sebastos
Obverse
Theotokos (bust, with medallion in front of her) sigla
Reverse
Text 6 lines
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Σφραγὶς σεβαστοῦ Μαγγάνους ᾿Ιωάννου | ῥίζαν γένους ἔχοντος ἐξόχου ῾Ρώμης
Mother of God. / Seal of Ioannes Manganes, sebastos, | who has his origin in a prominent family of Rome (metrical: too many genitives for easy translation)
Diameter: 30
Date: 12th c.
Seals
- Fogg 413 Dumbarton Oaks
Published
- McGeer - Nesbitt - Oikonomides V no. 109. 1