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ID number: BIRBI-B2667 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Thessalonica Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-610 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.73 Weight (g): 1.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1788. Nicola List, per A.H. Baldwin, 21st September 1970. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas, bearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCA S PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB II pl.31 35b (exact coin)
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