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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2474 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1336. Sotheby, 29th November 1965. |
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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 … (Our lord Phocas, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10). Bibliography: MIB II 9 Notes: Double strike on both the obverse and reverse. |
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| Phocas Byzantine c.547 610 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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