Description: Phocas (602 - 610 AD). AE Follis, Antioch (Theoupolis) mint 609/610 AD. O N FOCA NЄ PЄ AV; Frontal bust of Phokas wearing consular robes and crown with cross on circlet, mappa in right hand, eagle-topped scepter in left hand / Large M, cross above, ANNO in left field G-III date in right field; THEUP in ex.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 10,32 g

Grade: gVF/gVF

Attribution: DOC II 90; MIBE 84a; SB 672

Commentary: attractive brown patina with minor deposits on reverse, sharp details, well centered

History: Gregory I as a bishop of Rome praised Phocas and placed his portraits in the oratory of St. Caesarius in the imperial palace on the Palatine.

Article Number: 002-07-06-44953