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Anastasius I, 11 April 491 - 1 July 518 A.D.

After Zeno died without designating a successor, the Empress Ariadne was called upon to select a new emperor. Her choice was an obscure but successful finance civil servant, Anastasius. She made a wise choice. Anastasius ruled successfully for 27 years. His financial expertise resulted in the accumulation of 320,000 pounds of gold! He also restructured the currency system, creating the nummus unit of account and the follis of 40 nummi. Because of the dramatic changes, Anastasius' reform is often seen by numismatists as the end of Roman coinage and the beginning of Byzantine coinage. The people of the empire didn't see it that way and continued to call themselves Romans until the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453.


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SH12102. Gold solidus, SBCV 5, Choice EF, weight 4.492 g, maximum diameter 21.0 mm, die axis 180o, 9th officina, Constantinople mint, 498 - 518 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman; reverse VICTORIA AVGGG Q, Victory standing left holding cross topped with inverted P, star left, CONOB in exergue; a touch flat on the forehead but with mint luster in fields and a wonderful reverse; SOLD

Anastasius, 11 April 491 - 1 July 518 A.D.
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SH19042. Gold solidus, SBCV 3, DOC I 3a, aEF, weight 4.480 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, c. 491 - 498 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holds spear and shield; reverse VICTORI-A AVCCC A CONOB, Victory stands facing, head left, holds long jeweled cross which rests on ground, star right; nice strike, nice coin; SOLD

Anastasius, 11 April 491 - 1 July 518 A.D.
Click for a larger photo In 493, Odoacer agreed to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great but when they met Theodric killed him personally. Theodoric was crowned king of the Ostrogoths and moved the capital to Ravenna.
SH52917. Gold solidus, SBCV 5, DOC I 7, VF, weight 4.239 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, c. 491 - 498 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, spear in right over shoulder, shield in left; reverse VICTORI-A AVCCC G, Victoria standing left, long jeweled cross in right, star left, CONOB in ex; SOLD


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