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ID number:  BIRBI-B2494
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Tremissis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  607-610
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.75
Weight (g):  1.45
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1763. British Museum, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas, unbearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N FOCAS PЄR AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI FOCAS AVS (Victory of Emperor Phocas). Mint mark: CONOB.

Bibliography:  MIB II 27

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3 Related People

Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
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Constantinople
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