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ID number: BIRBI-B2691 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: 605-606 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.64 Weight (g): 3.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1875. |
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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: I.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … CAS … AV (Phocas, Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: … AT.
Bibliography: MIB II 103
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