Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-B2520
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  30 Nummi
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  608-609
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  10.28
Axis (degrees):  90.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4951. Dorothy Wood, Konya, 5th July 1965.
BIRBI-B2520.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown. Reverse: XXX; cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: o N N FOCAS PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).

Bibliography:  MIB II 63

2 Related Media Items

BIRBI-B2520.jpg
BIRBI-B2520.jpg
BIRBI-B2520.jpg
BIRBI-B2520.jpg

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Viewing Record 1 of 1