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ID number: BIRBI-B2614 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: 605-606 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 9.60 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3617. Paris-Banks of Seine, 1960. |
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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 F … CA NЄPЄ … (Our lord Phocas, eternal). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: τHЄUP.
Bibliography: MIB II 83a
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