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ID number: BIRBI-B2687 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Carthage Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.23 Weight (g): 2.00 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0103. |
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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: Є; cross above and below. A pellet in the upper and lower l. of the field, and in the upper and lower r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FO … AV … (Our lord Phocas, Augustus). Reverse: N M (Nummi).
Bibliography: MIB II 101
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