Watch List notes:

Phocas, 602-610. Pentanummium (Bronze, 16 mm, 1.19 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. d m FOC P P AV Diademed, draped, bearded and cuirassed bust of Phocas to right. Rev. Large Ч. DOC 40. MIB 67. SB 647. Rare and with a very unusual portrait. Patina stripped and retoned, otherwise, good fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 20, 18 July 2022, 2909 and previously from a European collection, acquired before 2021.