Description
Anonymous ‘Ceremonial’ Silver (c. AD 530). Silver ½ Siliqua, Constantinople.
Obverse: Helmeted and draped bust of Constantinopolis facing right.
Reverse: Large K.
Tolstoi 616; Ratto 471.
Extremely fine. Flan crack as a result of production.
1.01g.
See ‘Revue Numismatique’ 2002, ‘Some comments on the anonymous silver coinage of the fourth to sixth centuries A.D.’ by Bendall for further reading on this enigmatic series.


