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ID number: BIRBI-B0030 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): 1.40 Weight (g): 1.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1186. Sotheby, 11th March 1963. Ex Dr. S. E. Eleftheriadis, 58. |
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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 AVCVSTORV (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. 10a; MIB I, 12
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