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ID number: BIRBI-B2689 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Carthage Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 605-608 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.3 Weight (g): 1.87 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 7332. "From Lebanon, 1968". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cross topped crown. Reverse: V; cross above. A star in the l. of the field; pellet above and below. A star in the r. of the field; pellet above and below.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … AS … PЄR … (Phocas, eternal). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 102
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