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ID number: BIRBI-B2540 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Constantinople Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 603-609 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 4483. A.H. Baldwin, August 1948. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown with pendilia. Reverse: X; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCA S PЄRP AV (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 66
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