bby_617134 - ANASTASIUS Follis
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Price : 50.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 512-517
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 15,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine marron
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A. L
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 (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Anastase perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : B// CON.
Reverse description : M surmonté d’une croisette ; de chaque côté, une étoile à huit rais.
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
Very heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends
Very heavy weight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends
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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