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Anastasius, Constantinople mint, SB 29 DOC 26
Bust pearl diad.,draped and cuirassed. Rev. large
Epsilon with 2 dots, Gamma in field left. Coin #410
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1 AnastasiusAnastasius
512-518 AD
AE Pentanummium of Antioch
O: Bust of Anastasius, r., cross above
R: Large E, AN within, A to right.
Sear 53A, VF, RareSosius
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001. Anastasius, 491-518. AE 40 Nummi.Obv. Bust of Anastasius
Rev. Large M, stars on either side, CON below.
Constantinople Mint.LordBest
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AnastasiusAE Follis, Anastasius, ca. AD 500, Obv: Star on shoulder, DV ANASTASIVS PP AVG; Rev: M with stars on each side, cross above, Delta officina, CON in ex., VF. SB 19 var.Molinari
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AnastasiusAE Follis, Anastasius, ca. AD 500, Obv: DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG; Rev: M with stars on each side, cross above, Epsilon officina, CON in ex., aVF. SB 19 var.Molinari
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AnastasiusAE Follis, Anastasius, ca. AD 500, Obv: DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG; Rev: M with stars on each side, cross above, Alpha officina, CON in ex., VF. SB 19 var.Molinari
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AnastasiusAE Follis, Anastasius, ca. AD 500, Obv: DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG; Rev: M with stars on each side, cross above, Gamma officina, CON in ex., aVF. SB 19 var.Molinari
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Anastasius - ConstantinopleAnastasius, Byzantine emperor (491-518), Au tremissis (16 mm, 1.47 g), Constantinople mint. Obverse: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, draped and cuirassed bust with pearl diadem. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, CONOB, Victory with wreath and globus cruciger, star in right field. Ref. S 8.
Ex MPO Auction 38, lot 410, 2013Jan
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Anastasius I AE36 Follis
491-518 CE
Obverse: DN ANASTASIVS P P AVG
Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, officina letter Gamma below.
Mintmark: CONPericles J2
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Anastasius I, SBCV 13DN ANASTASIUS PF AVG
Diademed draped bust right
Monogram of Anastasius in wreath
Constantinople
AE-4, 10mm, 0.74gnovacystis
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Anastasius sb14 obv5.07gEd A
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ANASTASIUS, 11 APRIL 491 - 1 JULY 518 CEBRONZE FOLLIS 38 MM DIA., 19 GM.
OBVERSE - DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG, DIADEMED, DRAPED AND CUIRASSED BUST RIGHT;
REVERSE - LARGE M, CROSS ABOVE, STAR LEFT AND RIGHT, E BELOW
CON IN EX
sold 4-2018NORMAN K
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Anastasius, 491 - 518 ADAV Solidus
Constantinople mint
Obv. - Diademed and helmeted three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over
shoulder and shield decorated with horseman
Rev. - Victory standing left, holding long cross surmounted by christogram; * in left field; CONOB in exurge
21.2 mm / 3.97 gramscmcdon0923
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Anastasius, Half follisAnastasius I, 491-518 A.D. 8.5g, 28mm. Obv: D. N. ANASTASIVS PP. AVG, Anastatius r. Rev: K; large cross to the left, officina E. Sear 25.Podiceps
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Anastasius, SB 13Anastasius, AD 491-518
AE 5, 10mm
Constantinopel, AD 491-498, pre-reform
obv. DN A - NAS
Bust, draped and cuirassed, pearl-diademed, r.
rev. Monogram in circle (rudimentary wreath)
ref. SB 13; MIB 40; DOC I, 15
about VF, sandy patinaJochen
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Anastasius, SBCV 13DN ANASTASIVS PF AVG
AE4, 9mm, 1.11g
Diademed bust right
Monogram of Anastasius
Constantinople mintnovacystis
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BYZANTINE, Anastasius, Follis
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BYZANTINE, Anastasius, Half-follis, Nikomediacopper, 3,9gr, 19-20mm, rare,
MIB 47, DO 31, BMC 63, BN 3-7, Sear 38
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EB0978 Heraclius / Large MHeraclius, AE Follis. Sicilian mint.
Obverse: Struck on Constantinople folles of Anastasius, Justin I and Justinian I, countermarked by the bust of Heraclius, crowned, draped and cuirassed facing within circular stamp, PTh monogram at top right.
Reverse: Large M, star to left, cross above, crescent to right; mintmark large SCL in circular stamp below.
References: SB 882, DOC 241.
Diameter: 35mm, Weight: 12.524g.EB
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Gepids/Ostrogoths - Sirmium - quarter siliquaGepids independently or under Ostrogothic rule in the name of Anastasius, 1/4-siliqua (16 mm, 0.81 g), minted in Sirmium 491-518 AD. Obverse: diademed head right, DN ANST-SIVS PP C . Reverse: VICTORIA (AVGGG) around SRM in open frame, (CO)NO in exergue. Apparently missing in major references. Two similar coins sold in auctions: NAC 33 (2006) lot 693 and Rauch 81 (2007) lot 816.
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Gepids/Ostrogoths - Sirmium - quarter siliquaGepids under Ostrogothic rule in the name of Anastasius, 1/4-siliqua (13 mm, 0.93 g), minted in Sirmium 491-518 AD. Obverse: diademed and cuirassed bust right, DN ANASTASIVS PP AVC. Reverse: INVIT-A ROMA, MD in exergue copying coins from Mediolanum, monogram of Theoderic the great. Ref. MIB 46.
Ex Rauch Auction 92, lot 1503, 2013Jan
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Ostrogoth, Gepid, (The age of exodus/Dark ages) Sirmium, AR-1/4-Siliqua, "Anastasius or Justin" type, Alain Gennari No: 038bvar., Monogram of Theoderich (Alain Gennari type 10.), Extremely Rare! Ostrogoth, Gepid, (The age of exodus/Dark ages) Sirmium, AR-1/4-Siliqua, "Anastasius or Justin" type, Alain Gennari No: 038bvar., Monogram of Theoderich (Alain Gennari type 10.), Extremely Rare!
avers: D II IHVIIƧTAIIWS P P Λ, Diademed and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: ✠ TIVINH * dΩVIIΛ, Stylized "Theoderich" monogram (Alain Gennari type 10.).
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,0-17,0mm, weight: 0,71g, axis: 4h,
mint: Sirmium group, date: 491-526 A.D., ref: Alain Gennari, 038bvar. (avers type: 144, reverse type: 181, monogram type 10), Extremely Rare!
Q-001
This coin attributed by the Alain Gennari article:
"The "Sirmium group": about the so-called Gepids siliquae
With a specific catalogue 2nd edition, Parma Oktober 2017"
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113140.0quadrans
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Anastasius, 491-518 ConstantinopleObv: Bust right, ...AN...
Rev: Monogram
Sear 13
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Anastasius, AV Solidus, 491-518Anastasius ( 491-518 ) , AV Solidus , 491-498 , Constantinople. Off . H. Right : B. three-quarters face , holding a spear and shield. Reverse: VICTORI -A AVCCCH / CONOB Victory standing left, holding a long cross. On the right, a star.
Ref .: Sear, 3; O.D. 3g ; M.I.B. 4 4,37g
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Anastasius, AV Tremissis, A.D.491-518Anastasius I ( 491-518 ) , AV tremissis , Constantinople. Right : B. diad draped battleship right. . Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM / CONOB Victory walking right, head left , holding wreath and globus cruciger . On the right, a star.
Ref .: Sear, 8; O.D. 10a; M.I.B. 12 1,46g
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Sear 0882Heraclius (610 – 641 CE) Countermarked follis, weight 12.4g, diameter 34mm, for use in Sicily. Class 1 countermarks on obverse and reverse imposed on a follis of Justinian from Antioch (Sear 217). The style of the bust – very similar to portraits found on Catanian decanummia from regnal years 9, 10, 11 – suggests that this countermark type dates to circa 620. The host coins for Class 1 countermarks are almost invariably profile bust folles of Anastasius, Justin I and Justinian I, coins which may well have entered Sicily in large numbers with the army of Belisarius in 535 and remained in circulation since. The asymmetric stars, one eight-point and one six-point, make this particular host quite unusual. Abu Galyon
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Theoderic the Great - Milan or Ticinum - quarter siliquaTheoderic the Great (454-526), Ostrogothic king (471-526) and ruler of Italy (494-526). AR quarter siliqua (10 mm, 0.71 g) in the name of Anastasius, minted in Milan or Ticinum. Obverse: diademed bust right with crude dotted garment, D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVC (retrograde). Reverse: INVIC-TA ROMA, monogram of Theoderic with cross above and star below. Metlich 51c, scarce.
Ex Alde Auction 111, lot 314, 2013.Jan
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[1611a] Justinian I, 4 April 527 - 14 November 565 A.D.Bronze follis, S 201, choice VF, 22.147g, 43.8mm, 180o, 2nd officina, Nikomedia mint, 541 - 542 A.D.; Obverse: D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right, shield decorated with a horseman brandishing a spear, cross right; Reverse: large M, cross above, ANNO left, Xu (= year 15) right, B below, NIKO in ex; full circle strike on a huge flan. Ex FORVM.
De Imperatoribus Romanis
An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Justinian (527-565 A.D.).
James Allan Evans
University of British Columbia
Introduction
The reign of Justinian was a turning-point in Late Antiquity. It is the period when paganism finally lost its long struggle to survive, and when the schism in Christianity between the Monophysite east and the Chalcedonian west became insurmountable. From a military viewpoint, it marked the last time that the Roman Empire could go on the offensive with hope of success. Africa and Italy were recovered, and a foothold was established in Spain. When Justinian died, the frontiers were still intact although the Balkans had been devastated by a series of raids and the Italian economy was in ruins. His extensive building program has left us the most celebrated example of Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture that still survives: Hagia Sophia in modern Istanbul. His reign was a period when classical culture was in sharp decline and yet it had a last flowering, with historians such as Procopius and Agathias working within the tradition inherited from Herodotus and Thucydides, and poets such as Paul the Silentiary who wrote some of the most sensuous poems that the classical tradition has ever produced. The Codex Justinianus, the Institutes and the Digest of Roman jurisprudence, all commissioned by Justinian, are monuments to the past achievements of Roman legal heritage. Justinian's reign sums up the past. It also provides a matrix for the future. In particular, there was the bubonic plague, which appeared in Constantinople in 542, for the first time in Europe, and then travelled round the empire in search of victims, returning to the capital for a new crop in 558. The plague ended a period of economic growth and initiated one of overstrained resources.
The 'Nika' Revolt
The 'Nika' Revolt which broke out in January, 532, in Constantinople, was an outburst of street violence which went far beyond the norms even in a society where a great deal of street violence was accepted. Every city worth notice had its chariot-racing factions which took their names from their racing colors: Reds, Whites, Blues and Greens. These were professional organizations initially responsible for fielding chariot-racing teams in the hippodromes, though by Justinian's time they were in charge of other shows as well. The Blues and the Greens were dominant, but the Reds and Whites attracted some supporters: the emperor Anastasius was a fan of the Reds. The aficionados of the factions were assigned their own blocs of seats in the Hippodrome in Constantinople, opposite the imperial loge, and the Blue and Green "demes" provided an outlet for the energies of the city's young males. G. M. Manojlovic in an influential article originally published in Serbo-Croat in 1904, argued that the "demes" were organized divisions of a city militia, and thus played an important role in the imperial defense structure. His thesis is now generally disregarded and the dominant view is that of Alan Cameron, that demos, whether used in the singular or plural, means simply "people" and the rioting of the "demes", the "fury of the Hippodrome", as Edward Gibbon called it, was hooliganism, which was also Gibbon's view. Efforts to make the Greens into supporters of Monophysitism and the Blues of Orthodoxy founder on lack of evidence. However, in support of Manojlovic's thesis, it must be said that, although we cannot show that the Blue and Green "demes" were an organized city militia, we hear of "Young Greens" both in Constantinople and Alexandria who bore arms, and in 540, when Antioch fell to the Persians, Blue and Green street-fighters continued to defend the city after the regular troops had fled.
Justinian and Theodora were known Blue supporters, and when street violence escalated under Justin I, Procopius claims that they encouraged it. But since Justinian became emperor he had taken a firmer, more even-handed stand. On Saturday, January 10, 532, the city prefect Eudaemon who had arrested some hooligans and found seven guilty of murder, had them hanged outside the city at Sycae, across the Golden Horn, but the scaffold broke and saved two of them from death, a Blue and a Green. Some monks from St. Conon's monastery nearby took the two men to sanctuary at the church of St Lawrence where the prefect set troops to watch. The following Tuesday while the two malefactors were still trapped in the church, the Blues and Greens begged Justinian to show mercy. He ignored the plea and made no reply. The Blues and Green continued their appeals until the twenty-second race (out of twenty-four) when they suddenly united and raised the watchword 'Nika'. Riots started and the court took refuge in the palace. That evening the mob burned the city prefect's praetorium.
Justinian tried to continue the games next day but only provoked more riot and arson. The rioting and destruction continued throughout the week; even the arrival of loyal troops from Thrace failed to restore order. On Sunday before sunrise, Justinian appeared in the Hippodrome where he repented publicly and promised an amnesty. The mob turned hostile, and Justinian retreated. The evening before Justinian had dismissed two nephews of the old emperor Anastasius, Hypatius and Pompey, against their will, from the palace and sent them home, and now the mob found Hypatius and proclaimed him emperor in the Hippodrome. Justinian was now ready to flee, and perhaps would have done so except for Theodora, who did not frighten easily. Instead Justinian decided to strike ruthlessly. Belisarius and Mundo made their separate ways into the Hippodrome where they fell on Hypatius' supporters who were crowded there, and the 'Nika' riot ended with a bloodbath.
A recent study of the riot by Geoffrey Greatrex has made the point that what was unique about it was not the actions of the mob so much as Justinian's attempts to deal with it. His first reaction was to placate: when the mob demanded that three of his ministers must go, the praetorian prefect of the East, John the Cappadocian, the Quaestor of the Sacred Palace Tribonian and the urban prefect Eudaemon, Justinian replaced them immediately. He hesitated when he should have been firm and aggravated the situation. It may well have been Theodora who emboldened him for the final act of repression. Procopius imagines Theodora on the last day engaging in formal debate about what should be done, and misquoting a famous maxim that was once offered the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius the Elder "Tyranny is a good shroud." Theodora emends it to "Kingship is a good shroud" and readers of Procopius may have thought wryly that the emendation was unnecessary. The formal debate, and Theodora's great scene, was probably a creation of Procopius' imagination, but a splendid one.
The 'Nika' revolt left Justinian firmly in charge. The mob was cowed and the senatorial opposition that surfaced during the revolt was forced underground. The damage to Constantinople was great, but it cleared the way for Justinian's own building program. Work in his new church of Hagia Sophia to replace the old Hagia Sophia that was destroyed in the rioting, started only forty-five days after the revolt was crushed. The two leaders of the Hippodrome massacre, Mundo and Belisarius, went on to new appointments: Mundo back to Illyricum as magister militum and Belisarius to make his reputation as the conqueror of the Vandals in Africa. The 530s were a decade of confidence and the 'Nika' riot was only a momentary crisis.
(for a detailed account of the reign of Justinian I, see: http://www.roman-emperors.org/justinia.htm)
Last Years
Misfortune crowded into the final years of Justinian's reign. There was another Samaritan revolt in midsummer, 556. Next year, in December, a great earthquake shook Constantinople and in May of the following year, the dome of Justinian's new Hagia Sophia collapsed, and had to be rebuilt with a new design. About the same time, the plague returned to the capital. Then in early 559 a horde of Kutrigur 'Huns' (proto-Bulgars) crossed the frozen Danube and advanced into the Balkans. It split into three columns: one pushed into Greece but got no further than Thermopylae, another advanced into the Gallipoli peninsula but got no further than the Long Wall, which was defended by a young officer from Justinian's native city, while the third, most dangerous spearhead led by the 'Hun' khan, Zabergan himself, made for Constantinople. Faced with this attack and without any forces for defense, Justinian called Belisarius out of retirement, and Belisarius, using a scratch force, the core of which was 300 of his veterans, ambushed the Kutrigur horde and routed it. Once the immediate danger was over, however, Justinian recalled Belisarius and took charge himself. The news that Justinian was reinforcing his Danube fleet made the Kutrigurs anxious and they agreed to a treaty which gave them a subsidy and safe passage back across the river. But as soon as they were north of the Danube, they were attacked by their rivals the Utigurs who were incited by Justinian to relieve them of their booty. The Kutrigurs raided Thrace again in 562, but they and the Utigurs were soon to fall prey to the Avars who swept out of the Asian steppes in the early 560s.
There was discontent in the capital. Street violence was on the increase again. There were bread shortages and water shortages. In late 562, there was a conspiracy which almost succeeded in killing the emperor. The chief conspirator was Marcellus, an argyroprates, a goldsmith and banker, and the conspiracy probably reflected the dissatisfaction of the business community. But Justinian was too old to learn to be frugal. He resorted to forced loans and requisitions and his successor found the treasury deeply in debt.
What remained of the great emperor's achievement? His successor Justin II, out of a combination of necessity and foolhardiness, denied the 'barbarians' the subsidies which had played a major role in Justinian's defense of the frontiers, and, to be fair, which had also been provided by emperors before him. Subsidies had been part of Anastasius' policy as well, but that was before the plague, while the imperial economy was still expanding. The result of Justin II's change of policy was renewed hostility with Persia and a shift of power in the Balkans. In 567 the Avars and Lombards joined forces against the Gepids and destroyed them. But the Lombards distrusted their allies and next year they migrated into Italy where Narses had just been removed from command and recalled, though he disobeyed orders and stayed in Rome until his death. By the end of the century only a third of Italy was in Byzantine hands. On the eastern frontier, Justin alienated the Ghassanid allies and lost the fortress of Daras, a reverse which overwhelmed his frangible sanity. For this Justinian can hardly be blamed. No one can deny his greatness; a recent study by Asterios Gerostergios even lionizes him. But if we look at his reign with the unforgiving eye of hindsight, it appears to be a brilliant effort to stem the tide of history, and in the end, it was more a failure than a moderate success.
Copyright (C) 1998, James Allan Evans. Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
The Church we know today as Hagia Sophia - or Divine Wisdom, its true name - was dedicated by the Emperor Justinian in 537AD. Through many visitudes Justinian's cathedral church of Constantinople still stands, its soring vaults and amazing dome testiments to the human spirit, the engineering talents of its builders and Divine inspiration. In the same fashion that Vespasian's Collesium (the Flavian Amphitheatre) is symbolic of Rome, Justinian's Hagia Sophia is a symbol of Byzantium.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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