- Co 617 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Cyzicus) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 605
- Not before (date)
- 604
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 604/5
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Phocas 71a, p. 182, pl. IV (Cyzicus Class 2)
- Comparanda
- MIB2 Phocas 76.3, pp. 80-81, 132, pl. 34
- Preservation comment
- Wear: EF. Chipped edge; sparse, minute pitting and minor scratching and fissuring. Thin, patchy film of white to pale blue bronze disease disease (or encrustation?) on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 74, no. 1160 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Phocas (602-610)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 29.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Cyzicus
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 11.6
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of emperor wearing crown with cross on circlet and consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; in left field, cross; within thin wreath
- Obverse Inscription
- ⳝ N FOCA-S PERP AVG
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within thin wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- Large XXXX; above, ANNO; to right, III; in exergue, ΚΥΖΑ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 617 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Cyzicus).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0617>
