Anonymus 154 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VII |
Dates | 688 (taq) / 689 (tpq) |
Variant Names | olydos |
Locations | Cappadocia (officeplace); Cappadocia |
Titles | Kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Prima and Secunda Cappadocia (office) |
Seal Sources | Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Anonymus 154 was kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Prima and Secunda Cappadocia; owner of a seal doubtfully dated to the reign of the emperor Constans II(Konstans 1; cf. below) and perhaps to a second indiction: Schlumberger, Sig., p. 279 (facsimile). Obv.: image of a standing emperor, with the letter Β (interpreted by Schlumberger as βασιλεύς, but more probably meaning the second indiction) and the ending of a name ωλυδου (the left of the obverse text was off the edge of the seal). Rev.: +κομ - ερκιαριου - .ποτηικις α' - και β' Καπαδοκιας. The title reads: κομερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης πρώτης καὶ δευτέρας Καππαδοκίας. The identity of the emperor seems doubtful; emperors are represented standing on seals between 687 and 720 and application to this seal of the same considerations as those adduced by Oikonomides to the seal of Ioulianos 1 (see Dated Seals, no. 22, pp. 35-36) suggest that this seal likewise belongs in the reign of the emperor Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) and to the second indiction year, i.e. 688/689. Schlumberger interprets the name of the owner as [Θε]ωδυλου, i.e. "Theodoulos", but the letters on the facsimile are clearly ωλυδου, giving a name ending "olydos".
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