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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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