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ID number: BIRBI-B4491 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasios II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 713-715 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1037. Herzfelder May 1961. |

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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: θ (9). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III, 2.
Notes: Same obverse die as B4489.
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