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ID number: BIRBI-B0134 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Anastasius I; Constantinople Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 8.27 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2447. A.H. Baldwin, 1947. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ANASTA SIVS PP A (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: None. Control mark: B(2).
Bibliography: DOC I. 24b; MIB I, N33
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