235,00 €
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 [mm]: | AE27 |
| Weight [g]: | 10,32 |
| Grade: | gVF/gVF |
| Attribution: | DOC II 90; MIBE 84a; SB 672 |
| Commentary: | attractive brown patina with minor deposits on reverse, sharp details, well centered |
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.
