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ID number:  BIRBI-B2421
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  603-604
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  4.08
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0535. A.H. Baldwin, 15th February 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cross topped crown, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and cross-topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N FOCAS PЄRP AV- (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB II 2

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
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