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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24775720, member: 26430&quot;]I enjoy these heavy Anastasius Folles. Here&#039;s my favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585016[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Byzantine (Eastern Roman). Anastasius I Æ Follis</b> (32mm, 18.76g, 6h), struck in Constantinople, 498-518 CE. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: Large M between two stars; cross above, Δ below; CON in ex. </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: DOC 23f; Sear 19.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=454482" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=454482" rel="nofollow">NAC 46-II (2 Apr 2008), Lot 1184</a>; <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l30164450" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l30164450" rel="nofollow">Naville Numismatics 1 (14 Jun 2013), Lot 213</a>; <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l32936705" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l32936705" rel="nofollow">Naville 63 (6 Feb 2021), 707</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Just for balance, here&#039;s a 14mm Anastasius (I think) Pentanummium:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585017[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, I think that one could be treated relatively easily without much harm to the surfaces (and probably hasn&#039;t harmed it much). Reminds me much of a Sestertius with similar surfaces that I treated 10 or 15 years ago and has recovered very well since.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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