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ID number: BIRBI-B2535 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 603-609 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.04 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 2944. A.H. Baldwin, May 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown. Reverse: X; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N … CA … (Our lord Phocas). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 66
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse; on a Constantinopolitan decanummium of Maurice.
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