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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1938076, member: 44210&quot;]Thought I&#039;d finally show my large-sized follis of Anastasius. Got it back in December but since I posted his monogram coin I thought I&#039;d well share this one too. A very wide but thin (for its size) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>With Anastasius&#039; coin reform, the follis (worth 40 nummi) and the other Byzantine bronze denominations (pentanummium, half-follis, etc.) mostly replaced the tiny then-almost worthless nummi that were in circulation in the Eastern Roman Empire at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Anastasius</u>, Byzantine emperor</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p><u>Obv</u>: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right</p><p><u>Rev</u>: Large M, star to left and right, cross above, delta below</p><p>CON in ex</p><p><u>Mint</u>: Constantinople (struck 498-517 AD)</p><p><u>Ref</u>: SB 19</p><p>35 mm wide</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/AnasFollis_zps4b28864f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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