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ID number: BIRBI-B0060 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Anastasius I; Constantinople Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 5.02 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3387. Presented by J. Florance et Cie, Paris, 1957 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field, star above and star below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANAST SIVS PP AVI (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: None. Control mark: A(1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 21a; MIB I, 32
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