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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B2480 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 (20 carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 604-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1559. A.H. Baldwin, 9th August 1966. |
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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 cross 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: OBXX. Control mark: A (1). Bibliography: MIB II 20 Notes: Double strike on both the obverse and reverse. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Phocas Byzantine c.547 610 | |
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