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Numismatics

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

4 Related People

Phocas
Byzantine
c.547
610
Antioch



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Leontia
Byzantine


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