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ID number: BIRBI-B4494 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: Semissis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 713-715 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.22 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 1194. Herzfelder June 1962. |

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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: Elongated globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ɔN APTЄMIЧS A NASTASIЧS MЧ (Our lord Artemios Anastasios, many years). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Control mark: S (6).
Bibliography: MIB III, 5.
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