602 AD - 610
AD |
Follis / Φόλλις AE 30 |
SHH 2509 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
12.25 g 29.1-31.2 mm 7:00
o'clock VF Draped bust of Phocas facing, wearing crown with cross and holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre; Dm FOCA / [PER AVG] clockwise around; border line. Large XXXX (=40 Nummi); ANNO II (605-606 AD) above; NIKO B (officina) in exergue; border line. Mint of Nicomedia. Overstrike on earlier coin. BMC ---; Dumbarton Oaks II 56; Κάντας NMA 7.12; Sear Byzantine 658 |