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ID number: BIRBI-B2699 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Phocas; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 602-607 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.07 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber Acquisition 0092B. Glendining, October 1971. |
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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: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOCAS PERP AЧC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 43
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2 Related People |
| Ravenna Roman;Byzantine;Italian
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| Phocas Byzantine c.547 610
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