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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Anastasius I| > SH06898
Byzantine Empire, Anastasius, 11 April 491 - 1 July 518 A.D.
|Anastasius| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Anastasius,| |11| |April| |491| |-| |1| |July| |518| |A.D.|, "Zeno died on April 11, 491 from a fit of epilepsy, without leaving a clear successor. His son by his first marriage, also named Zeno, had died before reaching adulthood, and his brother Longinus had a reputation for debauchery. The question of a successor was left to his widow, the Augusta Ariadne, who appeared at the Hippodrome before the populace which cried out for an orthodox Christian (as opposed to a Monophysite Christian) and "Roman" (probably as opposed to another crude Isaurian) emperor. Her chief ministers held a council and decided to leave the choice entirely up to Ariadne. She selected the sixty-one-year old Anastasius, who not only had a reputation for integrity, but was handsome in addition. Unfortunately Anastasius had drifted to the Monophysite position, and the Patriarch of Constantinopolis (Istanbul, Turkey) required him to sign an orthodox profession of faith before he gave his blessing him. Anastasius did so and was introduced to the populace and acclaimed by the troops in the Hippodrome on the following day. Immediately following his acclamation by the populace and the troops, the Patriarch crowned him, making the elevation of an emperor a religious event for the first time. Ariadne married the new emperor only six weeks later on May 20, 491." - Moneta Historical Reference
SH06898. Gold solidus, DOC I 7g, Morrisson BnF 1/Cp/AV/12, Hahn MIBE 7, Sommer 1.4, SBCV 5, Wroth BMC -, Ratto -, Tolstoi -, EF, well struck, portrait with character, flow lines, cross graffiti in right obverse field, slightly wavy flan, 7th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.34g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, c. 507 - 518 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, 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 AVGGG Z (victory of the three emperors, 7th officina), Victoria standing half left, head left, long staff topped with (inverted staurogram) in right hand, star left, CONOB in exergue; from the Scott Collection; SOLD










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