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40 nummi (follis) with bust of Phocas
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 606–607
Mint: Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 11.70 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4841
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: draped and cuirassed bearded bust of Phocas facing, wearing crown and holding globus cruciger.
OMFOCA PERPAV
Reverse: XXXX above: ANNO
to left: I to right: gamma in exergue: TES
OMFOCA PERPAV
Reverse: XXXX above: ANNO
to left: I to right: gamma in exergue: TES
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.