1951.31.4.796: Coin of Phokas
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.796
- People
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Phokas, Byzantine (r. 602 - 610 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Phokas
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 605-606 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/145908
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.84 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Denomination
- follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ONFOCA NEPEAV
- Reverse Inscription: Large "m". To l., ANNO (downwards). In ex., THEUP'. To r., IIII (II above II).
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 2.1, 86.2 (p. 187)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.796
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: To l., Phocas standing, crowned; in r. hand, gl. cr. To l., Leontia standing, crowned, holding cruciform scepter transversely in r. hand. Between heads, cross.
Rev.: m. Above, cross.
Verification Level
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