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Constantine Anzas, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription on either side: |ν|ικ|ο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

κ..
σπ,θ̣ρ̣
κριτ,επι
τ,ιοδρ,
χρτ,λ
.ρ,τγεν
..ο.οθ|
.....

Κ[ων(σταντῖνος)] (πρωτο)σπ(α)θάρ(ιος), κριτ(ὴς) ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) Ἱπποδρ(όμου) (καὶ) χαρτ(ου)λ[ά]ριος τοὺ γενι[κ(οῦ) λ]ο[γ]οθ(εσίου) [ὁ Ἀνζᾶ(ς)]

Obverse

Bust of St Nicholas holding the book and offering a blessing. Inscription on either side: |ν|ικ|ο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

κ..
σπ,θ̣ρ̣
κριτ,επι
τ,ιοδρ,
χρτ,λ
.ρ,τγεν
..ο.οθ|
.....

Κ[ων(σταντῖνος)] (πρωτο)σπ(α)θάρ(ιος), κριτ(ὴς) ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) Ἱπποδρ(όμου) (καὶ) χαρτ(ου)λ[ά]ριος τοὺ γενι[κ(οῦ) λ]ο[γ]οθ(εσίου) [ὁ Ἀνζᾶ(ς)]

Accession number BZS.1947.2.664
Diameter 27.0 mm
Condition Chipped and corroded. The reading has been confirmed with reference to the better preserved parallels cited in this entry.
Previous Editions

J. Nesbitt and W. Seibt, “The Anzas Family,” DOP 67 (2013): 192–93.

Translation

Κωνσταντῖνος πρωτοσπαθάριος, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ χαρτουλάριος τοὺ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου ὁ Ἀνζᾶς.

Constantine Anzas, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion.

Commentary

Constantine Anzas is attested on five seals: three at Dumbarton Oaks (see the links in this entry), one in Istanbul (no. 168a-40, published in J.-C. Cheynet, T. Gökyıldırım, and V. Bulgurlu, Les sceaux byzantins du Musée archéologique d’Istanbul, no. 2.17), and one at the Bibliotheque nationale, Paris (BnF 393). This last, whose inscription lacks the final line, is published by Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 381 (with photo of BZS.1958.106.3908), and dated to the eleventh century.