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ID number: BIRBI-B2704 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Phocas; Ravenna Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 604-605 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.67 Weight (g): 4.52 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3695. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Phocas facing, bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FOCA PЄRP AV (Our lord Phocas, eternal Augustus). Reverse: R A/ VENA (Ravenna).
Bibliography: MIB II 112
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