Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-B2663 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Phocas; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-610 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1572. 5th October 1966, from the Carthage 1945 Hoard, number 57. |
|
Description: Obverse: bust of Phocas facing wearing paludamentum, cuirass and cross crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victory standing facing holding chrismon-topped staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN FOCAS PERP ANH (Our Lord Phocas eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AYCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: H (8). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC II.1 AV109, MIB II 32
Notes: Has been XRF tested as part of 'All That Glitters' project.
|