EMPIRE BYZANTIN Anastasius I (491-518). Solidus... Lot 64

EMPIRE BYZANTIN Anastasius I (491-518). Solidus of accession to the consulship 507, Constantinople. Av. D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVG. Diademed bust of Anastasius left, wearing consular robe, holding mappa and sceptre. Rv. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE. Anastasius nimbed, seated frontally on a throne, holding the mappa and a sceptre, a star in the left field, CONO in the exergue. MIB Nb2 - Sear 5A - Numismatic Circular, April 1980 p. 135 (this specimen) ; Gold - 4,47 g - 20,4 mm - 6 h From the Lacam collection 1974, n° 2 p.72 and Monetarium 33 sale, Zurich, December 1, 1980 n° 200 then William Herbert Hunt collection, Sotheby's 6055 sale (New-York, December 5-6, 1990) n° 39 as well as Stack's sale "Monete Imperii Romani Byzantini" of January 12, 2009, n° 3045 ; finally Numismatica Genevensis 12 sale n° 155. Minimal claw behind the bust otherwise of exceptional quality and undoubtedly unique, with a prestigious pedigree (Lacam et Hunt). Superb . The emperor is represented in consular clothes, which is exceptional. The reverse is remarkable, with the emperor seated on his throne and holding the mappa. The emperor is nimbed on the reverse, showing that the imperial function, beyond the person of the emperor himself, is divine