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ID number: BIRBI-B0072 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: Decanummium Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 2.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0904. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Pellet in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANAST SIVS PP AVC (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). CON CORDI (Harmony). Mint mark: None. Control mark: Є(5).
Bibliography: DOC I. 22b; MIB I, 35b
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