I PBE: Ioannes 144

Ioannes 144	Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
Sex	M
Floruit	VII/VIII
PmbZ No.	2825
Locations	Italy (officeplace); Italy
Titles	Hypatos (dignity); Eparch, Italy (office)
Seal Sources	Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Ioannes 144 was hypatos and eparchos of Italy; owner of a seal dateable to the seventh or eighth century: DOSeals I 2.1 = Zacos and Veglery 1163. Obv.: [Θεοτ]όκε, [σὺν] τῷ υἱῷ σου, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev. : [Ἰ]ωάννῃ ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) ἐπάρχῳ Ἰταλ[ίασ]. For the date and meaning of eparchos (=prefect of Italy, rightly), see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DOSeals I, p.16, note on 2.1.

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