Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios

Byzantine

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The title spatharios, Sword-Bearer, was originally an honor reserved for
the imperial bodyguard. By the middle Byzantine period, it had become
an honorific title only, indicating Ioannis’s respectable status.

Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios, Gold, niello, Byzantine

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