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ID number: BIRBI-B2536 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): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.32 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4481. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown. Reverse: X; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ר FOC A PЄR … ([Inferred] Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 66
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype a coin of Maurice.
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