Coin Item Number: 3095/878 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Phocas, 602-610. Obverse: bust of Phocas, facing front, with consular robes and crown with cross; to left, he holds a mappa; to right, he holds a cross; to left, inscription says ‘ONFOCA’; to right, ‘PER’. Reverse: large ‘XXXX’; to right, ‘III’ in a vertical position; above, ‘ANNO’; in exergue, ‘CONB’.

History Of Use

"Follis" (denomination); DO# 27; Sear# 640.