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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B0068
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):  1.85
Weight (g):  3.09
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4169.
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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: …P AV (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: None. Control mark: Γ(3).

Bibliography:  DOC I. 21c; MIB I, 32

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Anastasius I
Byzantine

518
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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