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ID number: BIRBI-B0044 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasius I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3038. A. H. Baldwin, November 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross above, stars in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: N ANASTA SIVS PP A (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: DOC I. 20a; MIB I, 23
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