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ID number: BIRBI-B0087 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: 491-518 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.85 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1329. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Anastasius facing r. wearing diadem, curiass and paludamentum. Reverse: Constantinopolis enthroned on high-back throned facing l. holding globus cruciger in outstretched r. hand, star in r. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ANASTA SIVS PP A (Our lord Anastasius, emperor in perpetuity). Reverse: I (10). Mint mark: CON.
Bibliography: MIB I, 21
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