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Numismatics

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.

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Anastasios II
Byzantine

719
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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