Constantine Anzas (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription to left and right: |Δ|ΗΜ|Η|ΤΡ, — ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημήτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΟΔΛΟΣ
ΑΝΑΣΤ
Θ̅Υ̅ΚΝ
ΣΤΑΝΤΙ
ΝΟΣ
Ὁ δοῦλος Ἀνζᾶς τοῦ Θεοῦ Κωνσταντῖνος
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Inscription to left and right: |Δ|ΗΜ|Η|ΤΡ, — ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημήτρ(ιος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΟΔΛΟΣ
ΑΝΑΣΤ
Θ̅Υ̅ΚΝ
ΣΤΑΝΤΙ
ΝΟΣ
Ὁ δοῦλος Ἀνζᾶς τοῦ Θεοῦ Κωνσταντῖνος
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2827 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 1.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 202, fig. 14a; cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1553. |
Translation
Ὁ δοῦλος Ἀνζᾶς τοῦ Θεοῦ Κωνσταντῖνος.
Constantine Anzas, servant of God.
Bibliography
- The Anzas Family: Members of the Byzantine Civil Administration in the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 2, Zentral- und Provinzialverwaltung (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins du Musée archéologique d’Istanbul (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen is mentioned in Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 845 (where it is erroneously attributed to a homonymous anthypatos, patrikios, hypatos) and in Wassiliou and Seibt, Österreich 2:71 n. 286.
Another seal of the same type is in the former Zacos Collection (BnF 20).
It is possible that this Constantine is the owner of another metrical seal from Istanbul (Istanbul 168a-42), dating to the end of the eleventh century; see Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, and Bulgurlu, Sceaux byzantins, no. 7.7.