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ID number: BIRBI-B0061 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): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3115. Spink, January 1957, from Cyrpus, 1956. |
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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: N ANAST …VS PP AV (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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