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ID number: BIRBI-MH0121 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Mardin Hoard Maker: Phocas; Nikomedia Denomination: 30 Nummi Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine; Turkman Date made: 603-604 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 9.14 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 8034, January 1976. |

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Description: Obverse: Half-figure of Phocas, wearing loros and crown, holding cross in l. hand. Reverse: None.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …VC (…emperor) Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: NIKO
Bibliography: MIB.2 70
Notes: Countermark 18b (lillah?) on obverse at 270 degrees; Lowick, Bendall and Whitting 'The Mardin Hoard' pp.41-42
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