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ID number:  BIRBI-B2487
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  602-607
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  1.48
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1416. A.H. Baldwin, 2nd January 1965; "From Istanbul".
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N FOCA S PP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI FOCAS AV (Victory of Emperor Phocas). Mint mark: … ONOB.

Bibliography:  MIB II 26A

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