Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. Æ Decanummium (20mm, 2.02 g, 12h). Uncertain Sardinian mint, Cagliari(?). Fine.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 749. Estimated: $ 500

Byzantine, Bronze

Sold For $ 1 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. Æ Decanummium (20mm, 2.02 g, 12h). Uncertain Sardinian mint, Cagliari(?). Crowned facing half-length figure, wearing chlamys, holding akakia / Large I; S to left, cross to right. DOC –; cf. MIB 30 (for similar half follis); cf. SB 1471A (same). Rough brown patina. Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.

Around the tine of the fall of Byzantine Carthage and consequent loss of the mint to Umayyad forces in 698, a number of small issues appear that have been attributed to a Sardinian mint, likely Cagliari. Starting in the reign of Leontius (695-698) and continuing into that of Leo III (715-717), a small corpus of gold and bronze issues have been recorded with an S mint mark. This mark usually appears in the right field on the gold issues and in the left on the bronze. Hahn recorded in MIB 3 (1981) an issue of this series as a half follis that he attributed to the reign of Anastasius II. Appearing here for the first time is a new coin of this series in a new denomination for Anastasius. This new decanummium is not only new for the rare Sardinian mint, but constitutes the first known decanummium for the whole coinage of Anastasius II.

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