Anonymus 154

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VII
Dates688 (taq) / 689 (tpq)
Variant Namesolydos
LocationsCappadocia (officeplace);
Cappadocia
TitlesKommerkiarios of the apotheke of Prima and Secunda Cappadocia (office)
Seal SourcesSchlumberger, 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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