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ID number: BIRBI-B2634 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Leontia; Antioch Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 606-607 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.07 Weight (g): 4.00 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5171. Spink, February 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Phocas and Leontia, standing, nimbate; Leontia wearing crown, and holding a cross sceptre in l. hand, Phocas wearing a crown with pendilia, and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: XX; a pellet in between the numerals, and a cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N FOCA … (Our lord Phocas). Reverse: A… Ч (Year 5). Mint mark: C.
Bibliography: MIB II 85
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