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| Reference | Sear 1813 | Bronze Follis 29mm (11.80 grams)
Constantine VIII on the reverse of this histamenon coin, with crown, pelled labarum and akakia
The State Treasury contained the enormous sum of 320,000 lb (150,000 kg) of gold when Anastasius died in 518
Constantinople itself dropped substantially in size, from 500,000 inhabitants to just 40,000–70,000, and, like other urban centres, it was partly ruralised
The emergency lent weight to the military aristocracy in Anatolia who, in 1068, secured the election of one of their own, Romanos IV Diogenes , as emperor
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