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ID number: BIRBI-B0015 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasius I; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 507-518 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0256. B.A. Seaby, February 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting staff topped with retrograde chrismon in r. hand; star in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVI (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6).
Bibliography: DOC I. 7f; MIB I, 7
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