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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2522929, member: 75936&quot;]Again I&#039;m in frugal mode, since I&#039;m saving for my next epic holiday (which will be Sudan and Eritrea early next year)! So I&#039;m limited to the affordable rulers that i don&#039;t yet have. Which doesn&#039;t leave much. But I didn&#039;t have Anastasius, so I went and bought him:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538180[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse: </b> D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse: </b>Large M between 2 stars, cross above, delta below, CON in exergue</p><p>36mm, 18.89 grams </p><p><br /></p><p>I consider Anastasius to be the last Roman emperor, at least as far as numismatics is concerned - his reign marks the end of the &quot;Roman&quot; coinage, and the start of Byzantine coinage. For my collection, I look for &quot;wow&quot; factor - so it was either a solidus or a massive post-reform follis. Very pleased to own this piece, but feel free to tell me how foolish i&#039;ve been. Or share your own Anastasius follis![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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