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ID number: BIRBI-B2491 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): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1068. Spink, August 1950; "From Professor Blackler's Collection". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCΔ S PP AVI (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 26A
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