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ID number:  BIRBI-B2608
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Phocas; Leontia; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  603-604
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3
Weight (g):  9.88
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2336. Spink, 1943.
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Description:  Obverse: Phocas and Leontia, standing, nimbate; Leontia wearing a cross topped crown, and holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Phocas wearing a cross topped crown with pendilia, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Cross in between the head of Phocas and Leontia. Reverse: Arched M; cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … N FOCA NЄPЄ AV (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: τHЄЧP'.

Bibliography:  MIB II 83a

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