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ID number: BIRBI-B2550 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Leontia; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 13.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4455. B. Kent, Lewes, January 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Phocas and Leontia, standing, nimbate; Leontia wearing a trefoil crown, and holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Phocas wearing a crown, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Arched M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … INPЄ … AV (eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 68
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