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ID number: BIRBI-B2678 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-603 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.68 Weight (g): 3.63 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4476. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cross topped crown with pendilia, and chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders. Reverse: Cross potent; pellet to the l. and r. Below the cross, X; pellet to the l. and r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOCA … (Our lord Phocas). Reverse: FO CA (Phocas).
Bibliography: MIB II 99
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