Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B2465
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):  2.10
Weight (g):  4.32
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1076. Glendining, 14th December 1961.
BIRBI-B2465.jpg

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: VICT … AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).

Bibliography:  MIB II 9

Notes:  Small scraping on the l. wing of victory, on the reverse; probably accidental.

3 Related People

Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Viewing Record 1 of 1