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ID number: BIRBI-B2582 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Leontia; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 11.88 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4451. Glendining, 3rd May 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 trefoil crown with pendilia, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Cross in between the head of Phocas and Leontia. Reverse: Arched M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N FOCA INPЄP AV (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 75
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