Description: Anastasius I (491-518 AD). AE Follis, Constantinople mint 498-518 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG; diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M, cross above, stars flanking, Γ below, CON in ex.

Diameter: AE36 mm

Weight: 17 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: DOC 23d; SB 19

Commentary: attractive desert patina, good details

History: Anastasius was the great-great-grandson of Constantius Gallus - a half-nephew of Constantine the Great and the hapless Caesar of Constantius II.

Article Number: 055-05-03-44072