Anonymus 150

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVII/VIII
TitlesKandidatos (dignity);
Protospatharios (dignity);
Epi tou Opsikiou (office)
Seal SourcesSchlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884)

Anonymus 150 was a protospatharios, kandidatos and epi tou Opsikiou; owner of a seal possibly dateable between the mid sixth and early eighth century (see below): Schlumberger, Sig., p. 250, no. 4. Schlumberger describes the seal as in a bad state of preservation and the name of the owner has disappeared. On the obverse he describes "un type étrange, un oiseau (cygne ou pélican?) aux ailes éployées"; this is perhaps an eagle with uplifted wings, a type found on seals from the mid sixth century to the early eighth (see Oikonomides, Dated Seals, p. 153). He gives the owner's titles as follows: πρωτοσπαθ[άριοσ] κανδ[ιδᾶτοσ] καὶ ἐπὶ τ[οῦ] Ὀψηκ[ίου]. The titles are unusual and the reading needs confirmation.

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