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ID number: BIRBI-B0084 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anastasius I; Nikomedia Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 498-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0882. Hall sale, November 1950, ex Lot 2324. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross in l. field, star in r. field, circle above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N AN… S PP AVΓ (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: K (20). Mint mark: NI. Control Mark: Δ(4).
Bibliography: DOC I. 36; MIB I, 48
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