5 Nummi - Anastasius I Dicorus Constantinopolis, Second Large Module Emission
Features
| Issuer |
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine states)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Anastasius I Dicorus (491-518)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 517-518 |
| Value | 5 Nummi (Pentanummium) (1⁄1440) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 2.27 g |
| Diameter | 13 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 141839 |
| References | BCV# 29 David R. Sear. Byzantine coins and their values. London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1973. Moneta Imperii byzantini / Band 1. Von Anastasius I. bis Justinianus I (491-565) : einschliesslich der ostgotischen und vandalischen Prägungen: Rekonstruktion des Prägeaufbaues auf synoptisch-tabellarischer Grundlage. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. Alfred Raymond Bellinger; 1992. Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection / Volume 1. Anastasius I to Maurice 491-602 (2nd Edition). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Andreas Urs Sommer; 2010. Die Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches 491-1453: Mit einem Anhang: Die Münzen des Kaiserreichs von Trapezunt = The Coins of the Byzantine Empire 491-1453. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. |
Obverse
Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N ANASTASIVS PP AVG
Unabridged legend: DOMINVS NOSTER ANASTASIVS PERPETVVS AVGVSTVS
Translation: Our Lord Anastasius, Perpetual Augustus
Reverse
Large Є, containing two pellets, officina letter to right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: Є
Translation: 5
Mint
Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (476-1923)Comments
Second reform large module coinage. From the second primary emission (517-518) denoted by pellets.
The second primary emission began with the new indictional cycle on the 1st of September 517 and ended with the death of Anastasius on the 9th of July 518.
The pentanummia of the second reform were struck to a theoretical weight standard of 2.27g or 1/144th of a Roman pound.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (517-518) A | 1st Officina | 63% | |||||||||||||
| ND (517-518) B | 2nd Officina | 13% | |||||||||||||
| ND (517-518) Γ | 3rd Officina | 23% | |||||||||||||
| ND (517-518) Δ | 4th Officina | 13% | |||||||||||||
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