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1/4 Siliqua In the name of Anastasius I, Ravenna
| Issuer | Ostrogothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 493-518 |
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| Weight | 0.71 g |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Anastasius I facing right, rendered in low relief in the late antique style. The effigy is encircled by the imperial titulary legend in Latin capital letters running along the coin's periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N ANASTASIVS AVC (Translation: Our Lord, Anastasius, (perpetual) August) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays the interlaced monogram of Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, composed of the letters forming his name in a cipher design. A small cross surmounts the monogram in the upper field, and the entire device is enclosed within a beaded wreath border, a composition characteristic of Ostrogothic coinage struck at Ravenna in the name of the Byzantine emperor. |
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