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ID number:  BIRBI-B2667
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Thessalonica
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  602-610
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.73
Weight (g):  1.43
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1788. Nicola List, per A.H. Baldwin, 21st September 1970.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas, bearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N FOCA S PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).

Bibliography:  MIB II pl.31 35b (exact coin)

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