The Only Gold Coin I Have

Been a long time since I shared it (when I got it), and with all the newer people here I'd thought it'd be fun to show it off again.

The coin is Byzantine (Eastern Roman) tremissis (one-third of a solidus) and depicts the Emperor Anastasius, who ruled from 491 to 518 AD. Officially, the era in which it was struck is the Early Middle Ages, so I count this coin and others struck at this time as "medieval", although style is late-Roman derived. As with the societal transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, there was no sudden and drastic change in coinage styles with the change in era; it all changed gradually. Anastasius plays into Byzantine coinage history due to a coinage reform that he implemented in 498. This reform introduced new denominations of bronze coinage to supplement the tiny, almost worthless bronze nummi coins in circulation, which were easily lost and only were useful in large amounts.

Anastasius I, Byzantine Empire
AV Tremissis
Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right with head left, holding wreath and cross on globe
Mint: Constantinople, Mintmark: CONOB (in exergue)
Ref: SB 8
Width: 16 mm, Weight: 1.5 grams