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ID number:  BIRBI-B2533
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Phocas; Constantinople
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  603-609
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  5.58
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and cross-topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: XX; star above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … PЄRP … (eternal). Reverse: None. Mint mark: CON. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).

Bibliography:  MIB II 65b

Notes:  Overstruck obverse on obverse; undertype unclear.

2 Related People

Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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