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Numismatics

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

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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