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Semissis of Anastasios I

Semissis of Anastasios I

r. 491 - 518

Anastasios I

Byzantine

obverse: Bust r. with diadem, cuirass and paludamentum reverse: Victory nude to waist seated r. on shield and cuirass inscribing XXXX on shield which she holds on her knee; in field l., star; in r., field Chi-Rho

Gold

Byzantine period, Early

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