• m13-1004-0198-99
    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.
1982.0692
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
Evans Hoard 2, Burrell Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1004
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 82.1
B-Grid Coordinates
ca. E100.5 - E101 / S114 - S114.5 *102.13 - *102.03
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. pd. DNANASTASIVSPPAVC; Reverse: monogram.
Dimensions
Weight: 0.39g; Diameter: 6mm.
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
Burrell 2007; DOC I, p. 11, no. 15; M7 B 1–43
Author
JDE