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ID number: BIRBI-B0031 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasius I; Thessalonica Denomination: Solidus Place made: Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 491-518 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0888. Leu, Zurich, April 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing 3/4 r., holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting long jeweled cross in r. hand; star in l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. 27; MIB I, 15
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