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ID number: BIRBI-B2439 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: 604-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0482. A.H. Baldwin, 7th December 1954; "From a recent Greek find". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCAS PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 7
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