Ancients
Anastasius I (AD 491-518). AV solidus (21mm, 4.39 gm, 5h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks, clipped. Constantinople, 10th officina. D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Anastasius facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGGG I, Victory standing facing, head left, long staff surmounted by reversed staurogram in right hand; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 5. Lustrous.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex CNG E-Auction 94 (21 July 2004), lot 209
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