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ID number:  BIRBI-B2423
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  602-603
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  180.00
BIRBI-B2423.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cross topped crown with pendilia, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and cross-topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N FOCAЄ PЄRP AV- (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ЧICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).

Bibliography:  MIB II 1

2 Related People

Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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