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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B2691
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Catania
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily, Catania
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  605-606
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.64
Weight (g):  3.79
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1875.

Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: I.

Inscriptions: Obverse: … CAS … AV (Phocas, Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: … AT.

Bibliography: MIB II 103

3 Related People
	Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988
	Phocas Byzantine c.547 610
	Catania Byzantine; Sicilian

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