Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios, 10th century, Byzantine, Gold, niello, Overall: 11/16 × 7/8 × 15/16 in., 1.2oz. (1.7 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm, 34g), Metalwork-Gold, 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
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Signet Ring, John, Imperial Spatharios, 10th century, Byzantine, Gold, niello, Overall, 11/16, 7/8, 15/16, 1.2oz, 1.7, 2.2, 2.4 cm, 34g, Metalwork-Gold, title, spatharios, Sword-Bearer, originally, honor reserved, imperial bodyguard, middle Byzantine, period, honorific title, indicating Ioannis, respectable, status
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