Anonymus 455 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VIII |
Variant Names | nos |
Locations | Thrace (officeplace); Thrace |
Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Patrikios (dignity); Strategos, Thrace (office) |
Seal Sources | Cheynet,J.-C., Morrisson, C. and Seibt, W., Les Sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Paris, 1991); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Anonymus 455 was a patrikios, basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Thrace; owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the eighth century; his name is lost but ended with the letters ος: Zacos and Veglery 3225. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Κύριε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δω - λω (sic) in the corners. Rev.: ...η.. - .ω πατρ - ..ηω β' α' σπ - .. κε στρα - ..γο τις Θρ - ..... The name and titles read: ...ῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θράκης. Possibly identical with the owner of a very similar seal, dateable to the second or final third of the eighth century; the titles are the same while the name is also mostly lost but ended with the letters νος: Seyrig 200. The name and titles read: ...νῳ πα[τρι]κίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης. Cf. also Zacos and Veglery 1886 and 1887.
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