Anastasius I. 491-518. Æ Pentanummium (11mm, 1.06 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 517-518. Near VF.

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Lot: 930.

Byzantine, Bronze

Estimate: $ 75

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Anastasius I. 491-518. Æ Pentanummium (11mm, 1.06 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 517-518. [...]S PP AG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large Є, two pellets within; A to right. DOC 26a; MIBE 39; SB 29; Dow, ACTTB p. 298 (this coin). Brown surfaces, light roughness. Near VF. A rather small module for this issue but likely belonging to Anastasius rather than Justin I given the ending of the obverse legend.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter The Byzantine Empire. This auction is our final offering of coins from the Dow Collection.

Closing Date and Time: 7 October 2026 at 15:09:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.