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i need some help attributing this coin...  got it off ebay, was planning on cleaing it but once I got it in hand...i decided to leave it be. anyway, I wanted a half follis with a cross in the left field. there appears to be nothing in the right field, I don't think it is worn enough to totally erase something there. if that is the case, this is a difficult coin to find online. i did find a member gallery pic of the type at forum listed as this.. MIB 47, DO 31, BMC 63, BN 3-7, Sear 38 is that correct? thanks in advance....to ski and anyone else.  Edited by chrsmat71
04/21/2015 10:45 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi, Chris . . . . . Do I see Gratian there somewhere?
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no TC, this is anastasius...i suppose I should have mentioned that hu?
sorry about that.
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You got it Chris SB-38, BMC 63, BN 3-7, MIB 47. Anastasius I. Nice find and a very nice coin.
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Might have helped. I just came back to say Anastasius, when I saw your correction (of my guess).
I am afraid that apart from knowing how to spell the word, the Byzantine era is one I haven't reached yet (I am still in the 'Empire') so I will leave it to Ski or FR to help you.
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awesome, thanks ski!
the bust looks pretty similar to a gratian style coin TC, that wasn't far off....and still in the era where "the empire" and the byzantines blur together.
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The obverse legend says: "D. N. ANASTA-SIVS P. P. AVG".
Anastasius made the monetary reform of his brass coins, marking them with a big letter to indicate their value:
M- 40 Nummi (Follis)
Delta Gamma- 33 Nummi (very rare)
K- 20 Nummi (Half follis)
IS- 16 Nummi (very rare)
IB- 12 Nummi (Dodecanummium, very rare denomination coined in Egypt only)
I- 10 nummi (Decanummium)
H- 8 nummi (octanummium, very rare)
Epsilon- 5 Nummi (Pentanummium)
Delta- 4 nummi (tetranummium, very rare)
B- 2 nummi (very rare)
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If anyone is going to buy Byzantine coins I highly recommend the second edition of Sear's "Byzantine Coins and Their Values" book. It is very nearly complete for types.
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