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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. |
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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
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