Description: Phocas (602 - 610 AD). AE Follis (40 Nummi). Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 6 (607/8 AD). DN FOCAS PERP AVG; crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle sceptre with cross, small cross in left field / Large XXXX, ANNO G in fields, KYZB in exergue.

Diameter: AE34 mm

Weight: 11,2 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: DOC 73b; SB 665

Commentary: large flan, sand patina with dark highlights, obverse slightly off-center

History: Phocas's coup d'état was the first violent regime change in Constantinople since its foundation by Constantine.

Article Number: 008-02-04-41652