John bishop of Taeion (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Baptist blessing and holding a rotulus. On either side, the inscription: .|Ι̅.|Π|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ἰω(άννης) [ὁ] Πρ(όδρομος). Along a border of dots, circular invocation of which only the last letter (Λ) remains.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+Ι̅
.ΠΙΣΚΟ
ΠΟΤΑΗ
ΟΥ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δού]λ(ῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) [ἐ]πισκόπο Ταήου
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Baptist blessing and holding a rotulus. On either side, the inscription: .|Ι̅.|Π|Ρ, : [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ἰω(άννης) [ὁ] Πρ(όδρομος). Along a border of dots, circular invocation of which only the last letter (Λ) remains.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+Ι̅
.ΠΙΣΚΟ
ΠΟΤΑΗ
ΟΥ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δού]λ(ῳ) Ἰω(άννῃ) [ἐ]πισκόπο Ταήου
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.136 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 70.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ἐπισκόπο Ταήου.
Lord, help your servant John bishop of Taeion.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The location of Taeion is not known for certain. Laurent believed that it should be sought in the neighborhood of modern Geyve. It was a suffragan of Nicaea, and after a period of crisis, was restored in the early ninth century. It appears in the ninth-century correspondence of Ignatios of Nicaea and in the notitiae from the ninth to the twelfth century. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 288; Zgusta, 604-5.