Watch List notes:

Anastasius I, 491-518. Dekanummium (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.16 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 512. [D N ANASTA]SIVS P P AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Anastasius to right. Rev. Half-length figure of Constantinopolis seated left, holding globus cruciger in her right hand; below her elbow, shield; in field to left, I; in field to right, star; in exergue, CON. DOC -. MIB 21. SB 28A. Of the highest rarity. Thick earthen deposits. Holed and with some scratches, otherwise, good fine.


This background of this highly unusual issue, 'the only pictorial design on reformed copper coins ... apart from the Tyche on Antioch pentanummia' (MIB, p. 29), is unknown. It was struck in three denominations (follis, half follis and dekanummium), all of which are recorded in a few examples only .