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ID number: BIRBI-B2701 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 607-610 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1750. A.H. Baldwin, 3rd June 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas, bearded, facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Victory walking r., looking l., holding wreath in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOCA … PERP AVC (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVCVSTORVm (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 50
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