Anonymus 77

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
Variant Namesanos
LocationsSicily (officeplace);
Sicily (residence);
Sicily
TitlesBasilikos spatharios (dignity);
Tourmarches (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton 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).

Anonymus 77 was a basilikos spatharios and tourmarches of Sicily; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century; his name ended with the letters ...ανος: DOSeals I 5.36 = Zacos and Veglery 2664. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε (or Κύριε) βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: ...ανω β' σπ[α]θ' και τουρμα[ρ]χ' Σικêλ. The name and titles read: ...ανῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Σικελίας. A tourmarch called Markianos (Markianos 4) is known from this period but he was only a kandidatos (see note in Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals I, p. 34).

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