PHOCAS, 602-610
Mint of Thessalonica
Semissis 606/607.
Obv. DN FOCAS – PERP AVG Bearded bust with diadem and chlamys to r.
Rev. VICTORI A AVGG Victory advancing to r. with wreath and globus cruciger. CONOB in exergue.
Sear 650. DOC 43. MIBE V35. S. Bendall, A New Mint for Focas? Numismatic Circular October 1984, 256-257, figs. 7 and 13 (this specimen).
2.24 g. Extremely rare type.Wide planchet. Almost uncirculated.
Ex Auction Bank Leu 36. Zurich, 7. May 1985. Lot 377.