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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2443 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Italian Hoard Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 604-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0976. Italian Hoard, December 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCAS PЄRP AV … (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6). Bibliography: MIB II 7 Notes: Graffitied 'X' between Phocas' head and shoulder, and globus cruciger cruciger. |
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| Phocas Byzantine c.547 610 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Italian Hoard | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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