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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6458328, member: 85693&quot;]Here&#039;s a photo of a small and large follis of Anastasius - I have since upgraded, but these are the only comparison photos I had.&nbsp; The size is very apparent: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257769[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some follis variations for Anastasius - the dots-above-star type was apparently only issued at the very end of his reign.&nbsp; I have two of them, both cruddy in different ways.&nbsp; These are large-module types:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257770[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257771[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>SB 21; MIB 28b.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; &quot;According to Hahn, at the beginning of the last lustrum of Anastasius&#039; reign (September 517), dots were added to all new cut coins.&nbsp; Since Anastasius died 10 months later (July 518), these coins are somewhat scarce.&quot;</p><p>CT - Severus Alexander, Dec. 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Only the 5th officina is recorded for this type with the M flanked...by a star with&nbsp; pellet above and below.&quot;&nbsp; FORVM[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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