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ID number: BIRBI-B2690 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Catania Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily, Catania Culture: Byzantine Date made: 604-605 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.25 Weight (g): 3.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1876. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: I.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … Є … V (eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: … AT.
Bibliography: MIB II 103
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