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ID number:  BIRBI-B0027
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:  Tremissis
Place made:  Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  492-518
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.50
Weight (g):  1.41
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0200. November 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Victory walking r. but facing l., holding in l. hand a globus cruciger and wreath in r. hand. Star in r. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVM (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  DOC I. 10a; MIB I, 12

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Anastasius I
Byzantine

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