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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8231518, member: 100951&quot;]The reigns of Anastasius and the Justinian dynasty do mark a shift away from Late Roman coinage in terms of artistic style and imagery.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the 6th Century, the traditional pagan Roman imagery of deities disappeared on the coinage, to be replaced by Christian designs. The gold Solidus of Justin II was the last time traditional pagan imagery was on a Roman coin, as it depicts the goddesses Victoria and Constantinopolis. The Roman Victoria was first replaced by the Christian angel during the reign of Justinian on his solidii. Emperor Tiberius II took it a step further by issuing solidii that depict a cross potent on steps. The cross potent on steps reverse type would be a common motif on Byzantine coins until the Macedonian dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Follis of Anstastius represented an drastic artistic shift away from Roman coinage stylistically. Anastasius’s bust on his Follis display the crude, flat, linear portraiture that is characteristic of Byzantine coinage. Late Roman Imperial coins of earlier rulers such as Theodosius II tend to have more refined, higher relief, sculpted busts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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