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ID number: BIRBI-B2596 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: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 7.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4453. Spink, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Phocas and Leontia, standing, nimbate; Leontia wearing a crown, and holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Phocas wearing a crown, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: XX; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ m FOCAS … VC (Our lord Phocas, Augustus). Reverse: None. Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 78
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