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Michael Anzas (1070–80)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God, holding a medallion with a nimbate Christ before her. Sigla at left and right: μ̅η̅ρ̅.. — Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

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


Θ̅Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΤΩΣΩΔ
Λ,ΜΙΧΗΛ
ΤΩΝ


Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Μιχαὴλ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God, holding a medallion with a nimbate Christ before her. Sigla at left and right: μ̅η̅ρ̅.. — Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

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


Θ̅Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΤΩΣΩΔ
Λ,ΜΙΧΗΛ
ΤΩΝ


Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ Μιχαὴλ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3966
Diameter 1.0 mm
Previous Editions

Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 199

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ τῷ Ἀνζᾷ.

Mother of God, help your servant Michael Anzas.

Bibliography

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