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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.256
People
Anastasios I, Byzantine (r. 491 - 518)
Title
Follis of Anastasios I, Constantinople
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
498 - 518 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/27564

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.97 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
follis
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: DN ANASTATIVS PPAVG
  • Reverse Inscription: CON in exergue

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
B & H Kreindler, Purchased from, 1998, Gift to HUAM, 1998.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC I, 23a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of H. Bartlett Wells, Harvard College Class of 1929, and Margareta Viesca Wells
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.256
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: bust of Anastasius to r., with diadem. cuirass abd paludamentum.
Reverse: M above, cross, to l. and r. stars

Verification Level

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