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ID number:  BIRBI-B2456
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:  607-609
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1695. Peus, May 1968.
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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: ∂ N FOCAS PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Γ (3).

Bibliography:  MIB II 9

Notes:  Damaged by scraping, probably accidental.

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
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