Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC096 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Antioch-Theupolis)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): 606
Not before (date): 605
Comment: Coin dated AD 605/606.
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: DOCII Phocas 86.3-5, p. 188
Preservation comment: Wear: aEF. Several sharp chips around edge.
Published as: Weir2022, p. 1140, no. 848, fig. 23.13
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Follis
Numismatic Authority: Phocas (602-610)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 28.0
Numismatic Mint: Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g): 8.83
Obverse Description: Two facing full-length figures, robed and crowned, to left Phocas holding globus cruciger, and to right Leontia holding scepter with cross; above, cross; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: D N FOCA - NE PE AV (initial D is retrograde)
Reverse Description: Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: Large Μ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - II|II; in exergue, 𝗍HⲈUP
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Suggested citation: “KC096 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Antioch-Theupolis).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc096>