Psellos had Elpidios Kenchres appointed protospatharios, enrolled among the minor imperial notaries in the sekreton of the Antiphonetes, and promoted a krites of the hippodrome. He gave his adopted daughter as dowry 50 litrai, 10 in gold coins, 20 in various kinds of objects and 20 through the cost of the protospathariat: through promotions and the dowry, the salary of Elpidios was raised from 12 to 72 nomismata