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ID number: BIRBI-B0080 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Wiggins, K. Maker: Anastasius I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 7.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4195. K. W. Wiggins (exchange), Rye, 12th November 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Stars in. l. field and r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP AV (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: M (40). Mint mark: NIC. Control mark: Δ(4).
Bibliography: DOC I. 34a;
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