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ID number: BIRBI-B0137 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): 2.60 Weight (g): 8.67 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2212. Spink, January 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum, with christogram on shoulder. Reverse: Cross in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN ANASTA SIVS PP AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: None. Control mark: Γ(3).
Bibliography: DOC I. 24f; MIB I, N33
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