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Follis of Phokas, Nicomedia

Follis of Phokas, Nicomedia

r. 602 - 610 CE

Phokas

Byzantine

Obverse: AMFOCA PERAVS; bust facing, wearing consular robes and crown with cross and pendilia; in r. hand mappa; in l. hand cross. Reverse: XXXX; above ANNO; to r. III; in ex. NIKOB. Overstruck on coin of Maurice.

Bronze

Byzantine period, Early

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