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ID number: BIRBI-B4489 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Anastasios II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 713-715 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 917. Ex British Museum 1926 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasios bearded, facing, wearing chlamys and cross crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ɔN APTЄMIЧS A NASTASIЧS MЧL A (Our lord Artemios Anastasios, many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: Z (7). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 2.
Notes: Same obverse die as B4491.
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