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Monogram. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Nummus of Constantinople
- Date
- 491 AD - 498 AD, Byzantine
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1973.1238
- 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
- BS
- Trench
- TY 73
- Locus
- BS Locus BS-E 1 (Area of)
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E11.8 / S2.9 *96.3
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. pd. DNANASTASIVSPPAVC; Reverse: monogram.
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions
- Weight: 0.8g; 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