Anonymus 78 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | IX |
Variant Names | n |
Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily (residence); Sicily |
Titles | Basilikos spatharokandidatos (dignity); Tourmarches (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-) |
Anonymus 78 was a basilikos spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Sicily; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century; his name included the letter Ν (see below): DOSeals I 5.37. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: .ν. β' σπαθ'κανδ' και τουρμαρχ' Σικελ'. The name and titles read: .ν. βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Σικελίας. On the meaning of tourmarches here, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals I, p. 167 (note on 71.39).
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