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ID number: BIRBI-B2679 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Phocas; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.74 Weight (g): 3.52 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Haines 3667. A.H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cross topped crown with pendilia, and chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders. Reverse: Cross potent; pellet to the l., X below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOCAC PЄRP A … (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: FO CA (Phocas).
Bibliography: MIB II 99
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