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- Co 274 (Late Roman bronze coin of Anastasius I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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498
- Not before (date)
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491
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 167-168, 188, 189-190, 190-191 (monograms Z1, Z4, Z6 attributed to Anastasius or Justinian; Zacha hoard)
- Comparanda
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BMCIB Anastasius 59, 60, p. 7, pl. II:1
- Comparanda
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BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 128-134, pp. 32-33, pl. iv:14, 15
- Comparanda
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DOCI Anastasius 15, pp. 11-12, pl. II
- Comparanda
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LRBC II.2288, p. 91
- Comparanda
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MIB1 Anastasius I 40, p. 101, pl. 3
- Description
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Coin clipped down into irregular tetragon with rounded sides.
- Preservation comment
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Wear: VG. Nicked edges; incipient pale blue bronze corrosion on both faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 63, no. 987 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Anastasius I-Justinian I, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Anastasius I (491-518)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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10.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.43
- Obverse Description
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Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right; within band border (“barbarous“ style)
- Obverse Inscription
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D N [ ]
- Reverse Inscription
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Monogram of emperor; within band border
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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