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ID number: BIRBI-B2568 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 607-608 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 11.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4511. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing crown, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r. hand, and cross-topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: XXXX; a star in the l. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ m F … (Our lord Phocas). Reverse: ANN … ЧI (Year 6). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB II 69c
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