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ID number: BIRBI-B2440 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1291. A.H. Baldwin, 16th November 1963. |
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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: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB II 7
Notes: Double strike on both the obverse and reverse.
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