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| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 498-518 |
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| Weight | 17.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Anastasius I facing right, depicted in three-quarter view. The emperor wears a pearl diadem and military paludamentum, with the cuirass rendered in stylised relief typical of early Byzantine coinage. The bust is set within a beaded border. The surrounding Latin legend reads D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ☩ ✶M✶ A NIKOMI (Translation: M : `40` nummi (= 1 follis). A : `1st` officina. NIKOMI : Nicomedia.) |
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