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5 Nummi - Anastasius I Dicorus Antioch, First Large Module Emission, Second Type
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 512-517 |
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| Weight | 2.27 g |
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| Mint | AN Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND (512-517) A - 1st officina - ND (512-517) B - 2nd officina - ND (512-517) Γ - 3rd officina - ND (512-517) Δ - 4th officina - |
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Anastasius I's currency reform of 498 AD broke with centuries of late Roman small-change practice by reintroducing large, clearly denominated bronze coins — a system so degraded by then that market transactions relied on counting hundreds of near-worthless nummi. The 5 nummi sat at the bottom of the reformed hierarchy, well below the dominant 40-nummi follis, and Antioch was among the first eastern mints activated under the new scheme.
The distinction between first and second type at Antioch reflects early production adjustments at the mint as it calibrated to the reformed module specifications — a detail that matters to series specialists far more than the casual eye suggests.