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Michael Anzas (end of eleventh/beginning of twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of John Prodromos, holding a long cross with a transverse bar in his right hand. Traces of inscription at left: |  Ι̅Ω̅ — ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded by a cross decoration. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡγιΣ
ΜΙΧΗΛ
ΤΝΖ

Σφραγὶς Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ἀνζᾶ

Obverse

Bust of John Prodromos, holding a long cross with a transverse bar in his right hand. Traces of inscription at left: |  Ι̅Ω̅ — ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded by a cross decoration. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡγιΣ
ΜΙΧΗΛ
ΤΝΖ

Σφραγὶς Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ἀνζᾶ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4216
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 203, fig. 15

Translation

Σφραγὶς Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ἀνζᾶ.

Seal of Michael Anzas.

Bibliography

  • The Anzas Family: Members of the Byzantine Civil Administration in the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries (Open in Zotero)