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ID number: BIRBI-B2490 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1070. A.H. Baldwin, April 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCA S PP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI FOCAS AVS (Victory of Emperor Phocas). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 26A
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