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ID number: BIRBI-B2595 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Kyzikos Denomination: 30 Nummi Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 609-610 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.9 Weight (g): 9.31 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3915. Spink, January 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown. Reverse: XXX; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N FOCAS PЄRP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: [Year] ϚII ([Year] 8). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 77
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