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ID number: BIRBI-B0058 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: Half-Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4170. C. French, Rye, 4th November 1963 (from Israel). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...N AN… (Our lord Anastasius). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: None. Control mark: B(2).
Bibliography: DOC I. 21b; MIB I, 32
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