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ID number: BIRBI-B0096 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: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.70 Weight (g): 17.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2280. Spink, 7th July 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, star in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP A… (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 23d; MIB I, 27.3
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