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ID number:  BIRBI-B0101
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Anastasius I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  498-518
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.40
Weight (g):  16.67
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 726. Ex Edward Shepherd Collection, 1924.
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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 AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 23; MIB I, 28a.2

3 Related People

Anastasius I
Byzantine

518
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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