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ID number: BIRBI-B2583 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): 3.1 Weight (g): 11.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4452. A.H. Baldwin, May 1949. |
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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.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … OCAЧ NPЄP AY ([Inferred] Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 75
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