SH90890. Gold solidus, DOC I 3e, Morrisson BnF I 1/Cp/AE/2, Ratto 310, Hahn MIB I 4, Sommer 1.2, SBCV 3, Tolstoi -, Wroth BMC -, EF, a few small marks, unusually attractive Victory, 5th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.457g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180
o, c. 492 - 498 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTASIVS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, helmet with plume, trefoil ornament and diadem, spear in right hand and behind head, shield on left arm ornamented with mounted cavalryman right attacking prostrate enemy; reverse VICTORIA AVCCC E (victory of the three emperors, 5th officina), Victory standing slightly left, head left, long jeweled cross resting on ground in her right, star on right, CONOB in exergue; ex Harlan J. Berk, sale 165 (June 2009), lot 32;
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