ANASTASIO I. Solid. (Au. 4.38g / 22mm). 492-507 AD Constantinople. (Sear 4). AU. Remnants of original shine.
Nicknamed as Dicorus (two pupils), since he had two different colored eyes, Anastasius I was the last emperor of the Thracian Dynasty and successor to Zeno. He began his reign with great prospects, enjoying the favor of broad social sectors given his policy of reducing various taxes, although later it would be altered by wars (mainly two, the Islamic War and the Persian War) and religious dissensions. Numismatically speaking, the long reign of Anastasio has led to the existence of a large number of copies from this period today. Specifically, and in these solids, we can see a quasi-frontal portrait with a military appearance that was popularized as early as the 4th century and was valid until the 6th century.
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