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Unusual One, Anastanius W/Cross

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 Posted 08/28/2006  11:53 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Bonedigger to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here is one which as panned out to be a very interesting cleaning. It appears to be Anastanius 491-518 AD. The letters used to attribute the coin were only the obverse ones DN STA (CROSS) SVIS. There appears to be no shown example of this coin on www.wildwinds.com so...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_I_(emperor)

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 Posted 08/28/2006  8:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like the picture in Sear of the decanummium (quarter-follis) from the Antioch mint (Sear#52). The cross hovering over the head seems to be characteristic of Antioch coins.

The reverse legend ought to read (A or D)CONCORD around a large central letter I, with ANTX below the exergue line. I think I can make out enough of that to confirm a match.

Good find!
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 Posted 08/29/2006  07:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bonedigger to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hey, thanks for your informative input. You know your stuff, that's for sure. Much appreciated.

Ben
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