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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.
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