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ID number: BIRBI-B2681 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: 605-608 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.91 Weight (g): 5.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4479. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing crown, cuirass, and paludamentum. Reverse: X; cross above, star below. A pellet in the upper and lower l. of the field, and in the upper and lower r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOC … AVS (Our lord Phocas, Augustus). Reverse: N M (Nummi).
Bibliography: MIB II 100
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