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ID number:  BIRBI-B2703
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Ravenna
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Ravenna
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  608-609
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.3
Weight (g):  7.42
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3694. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951.
BIRBI-B2703.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing crown, cuirass, and paludamentum, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand. Reverse: A star in the centre of the field; X/X to the l., and X/X to the r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … PЄRP AVC (eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANN ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: RAV.

Bibliography:  MIB II 111

3 Related People

Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Ravenna
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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