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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2478 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight Solidus (22 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 604-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.08 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0644. A.H. Baldwin, May 1959; "From Zurich". |
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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 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: OB+*. Control mark: Γ (3). Bibliography: MIB II 18
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3 Related People | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Phocas Byzantine c.547 610 | |
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