bby_952448 - ANASTASIUS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 512-517
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 18,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d'Anastase à droite vu de trois quarts en avant, le buste timbré d’une étoile à huit branches.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Anastase perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A// CON.
Reverse description : M entre deux étoiles à six branches, surmonté d'une croisette.
Commentary
Série lourde. Au revers deux étoiles à six rais.
Heavy series. On the reverse, two six-pointed stars.
Heavy series. On the reverse, two six-pointed stars.
Historical background
ANASTASIUS
(11/04/491-1/07/518)
After Zeno's assassination, Anastase marries Ariadne who chooses him as emperor. His very long reign of 27 years restores imperial power. He died without an heir, but is today considered the founder of the Byzantine Empire.
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