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ID number: BIRBI-B0081 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasius I; Nikomedia Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0883. Spink, February 1951 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: NI.
Bibliography: DOC I. 31.2; MIB I, 47
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