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ID number:  BIRBI-B2664
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard
Maker:  Phocas; Carthage
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  605-606
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.71
Weight (g):  4.47
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1573. Carthage 1945 Hoard, 5th October 1966.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N FOCAS PЄRP (Our lord Phocas, eternal). Indiction year: AN Θ (Year 605-606). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Indiction year: Θ (605-606).

Bibliography:  MIB II 32

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Whitting, Philip David
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Carthage 1945 Hoard



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