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ID number: BIRBI-B2503 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 603-604 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 11.16 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5001. A.H. Baldwin, 16th October 1965; "From Istanbul". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing crown, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and cross-topped sceptre in l. hand. Cross in the l. of the field. Reverse: XXXX.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D m FOCA … RP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 61b
Notes: Clipped at top right, right, bottom right, and bottom of the obverse.
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