Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios 10th century Byzantine The title spatharios, Sword-Bearer, was originally an honor reserved forthe imperial bodyguard. By the middle Byzantine period, it had becomean honorific title only, indicating Ioannis’s respectable Signet Ring of John, Imperial Spatharios. Byzantine. 10th century. Gold, niello. Metalwork-Gold

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