bby_879253 - ANASTASIUS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 517-518
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure plus importante au revers. Buste agréable. Patine marron
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 : E// CON.
Reverse description : M surmonté d'une croisette ; de chaque côté, une étoile à huit rais entre deux globules.
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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