Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIII 23 March 2017
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Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, circa AD 602-610. O N FOCAS PERP AVC, draped and cuirassed bust facing holding globus cruciger, wearing crown with pendilia / VICTORIA AVCC Δ, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; N in right field, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 6 (same rev. die); DOC 2; Sear 617. 4.41g, 21mm, 7h.
Almost as Struck. Extremely Rare.
Struck as a special issue perhaps commemorating the start of his reign, this solidus bears a particularly lifelike portrait of an emperor who was known to have had a grotesque physical appearance.
Almost as Struck. Extremely Rare.
Struck as a special issue perhaps commemorating the start of his reign, this solidus bears a particularly lifelike portrait of an emperor who was known to have had a grotesque physical appearance.