| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 498-518 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 40 Nummi = 1 Follis (1⁄180) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.3 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#32 |
| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, with a small cross above front of diadem. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | D N ANASTASIVS P P AV (Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) ANASTASIVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AV(-gvstvs) `Our Lord Anastasius, Perpetual Emperor`) |
| Reverse description | Large M, cross above, NIC in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩ M NIC (Translation: M : `40` nummi (= 1 follis). NIC(-omedia) : Nicomedia.) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | NIC Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND (498-518) - - |
| Numisquare ID | 1811486660 |
| Comments |