• m13-1004-0047-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1004-0047-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1004-0047-99
    Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Nummus of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1004.0047
Date
491 AD - 498 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1991.0391
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Nummus
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Anastasius I
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
yes
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1004
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-II 91.1
Locus
MMS-II 91.1 Locus 159
B-Grid Coordinates
E146.5 / S80.5 *103.45
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. pd. DNANASTASIVSPPAVC; Reverse: monogram.
Condition
Worn
Dimensions
Weight: 0.82g; Diameter: 9mm.
Coin Monogram
Anastasius I (variations not given separate types).
Comments
MIBE I: 28 suggests that the minute variations in the monograms belong to different mints. Yet note that the variations they list do not occur in Burrell (2007, p. 273), and Burrell lists more that are not discussed in MIBE I. Thus, unless a mintmark is present, I have grouped all the nummi of Anastasius I in the conventional mint of Constantinople.
See Also
Bibliography
DOC I, p. 11, no. 15; M7 B 1–43
Author
JDE

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