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ID number: BIRBI-B4500 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasios II; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 713-715 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 547. ex British Museum June 1956. |

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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ɔ N APT… (Our Lord Artemios Anastasios). Reverse: VICTORIA A… (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOP.
Bibliography: MIB III, 24.
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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