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Phocas. 602-610. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (32mm, 12.92 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Dated RY 5 (606/7). Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross / Large XXXX; ANNO above, Ч to right; TЄS. DOC 47; MIBE 91; SB 653. Good VF, dark brown-black patina, hint of earthen deposits, cleaning marks. Overstruck on a Nicomedia follis of Maurice Tiberius (SB 512). Quant.Geek
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Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine overstruck on Phocas & Leontia . 610-641 / 602-610. Æ follis (26.89 mm, 8.78 g, 6 h). Host coin, Theopolis (Antioch) mint, 602-610 / after 610. overstrike, Thessalonica mint. Overstrike: fragmentary, d N hЄRA[CLIЧS PP AVG] Host coin, also fragmentary, [O N FOCA] NЄ PЄ [AV] , Overstrike: Heraclius (on left, and Heraclius constantine, barely visible on right) standing facing, each holding globus cruciger, cross between their heads Host coin: Phocas on left and Leontia standing facing; Emperor holds globus cruciger, Empress holds cruciform scepter; cross between their heads / Overstrike, large M between A / N / N / O and date (not struck-up), cross above, B below, ΘЄC in exergue Host coin, large m between [A / N /] N / O and date (unclear) cross above, ThЄЧP' in exergue. Host coin, Cf. SBCV 671; Overstrike, Cf. SBCV 824. VF for type, dark green patina on devices, lighter encrustation on fields - overstrike at ~ 90º ccw.

multiply struck: host coin is Phocas & Leontia from Antioch, SBCV 671 or similar overstrike, at ~ 90º ccw, is Heraclius from Thessalonica
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PHOCAS (602-610). Follis. Cyzicus. Dated RY 1 (602/3). Obv: Phocas, holding globus cruciger, and Leontia, holding cruciform sceptre, standing facing. Rev: Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O - I across field; KYZA. Sear 664. Condition: Good very fine. Weight: 13.74 g. Diameter: 30 mm.Quant.Geek
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(0602) PHOCAS602-610.
Struck 603-610, 5th officina
Æ Half Follis 25 mm, 5.63 g
O: Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross
R: Large XX; star above; CONЄ
Constantinople mint DOC 37e; SB 644.
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(0602) PHOCAS with Leontia 602-610 AD.
Æ Half Follis 21.5 mm, 4.52 g
Dated RY 1 (602/3 AD).
O: ON FOCA NEPE AV, Phocas holding globus cruciger, and Leontia holding cross sceptre, standing facing; cross above
R: Large X•X; cross above; mint monogram below.
Antioch mint; cf DOC II 91; MIB II 85; SB 673
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007. Phocas, 602-610. AE 40 Nummi.Obv. Bust of Phocas.
Rev. XXXX ANNO II, CONE below
Constantinople Mint, 607.
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0661 Focas, 602-610Æ half follis, 23.4mm, 5.18g, Fair
Struck 602-603 at Nicomedia
Phocas and Leontia standing facing, with Phocas holding globus cruciger and Leontia, nimbate, holding cruciform sceptre, a cross between their heads / XX, cross above and NIKO B in exg. Scarce early issue, dark brown patina. Polished.
Ex: Glenn W. Woods
Sear 661; MIB 71
Lawrence W
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07-02 - Focas (23/11/602 - 05/10/610 D.C.) AE Follis 26 mm 8.1 gr.

Anv: "O.N. FOCA.NE.PE.AV." - Emperador a la izquierda y la Emperatriz Leontia a la derecha, de pié de frente, él porta "Sphaira/globus cruciger/Orbis" (Globo coronado por una cruz) y ella cetro coronado por cruz. Entre sus cabezas una cruz.
Rev: Gran " m ", "A/N/N/O" a izquierda, " + " arriba y "Signo/II=5/II" (Año reinal) a derecha. " THEUP' " en exergo.

Acuñada Año=7 - 608/9 D.C.
Ceca: Antiochia/Theoupolis (Antioquía cambia su nombre luego del gran terremoto del año 528 D.C.)

Referencias: Sear BCTV #671 Pag. 151 - Bellinger D.O. Vol.II #83/9 - B.M.C. #102/10 - Tolstoi M.B. #142/8 - Ratto M.B. #1269/75 - Morrisson C.M.b.B.N. #1-15 - Hahn M.I.B. #83a-b
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0805 Heraclius, 610-641Æ follis, 31mm, 11.56g, F
Struck 613-614 at Constantinople, officina Δ
DD NN HERACLIUS ET HERA CONST PP A, Heraclius, bearded at left, and Heraclius Constantine, at right, both standing facing wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger, cross between their heads / Large M between ANNO and numeric regnal year, cross above and officina below.
Overstrike: a follis of Phocas with a portion of the obverse legend still present at 10 o'clock on the obv.
Ex: Glenn W. Woods
Sear 805; MIB 159
Lawrence W
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10. PhocasPHOCAS
602-610 AD
AV Solidus (22mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 604-607.
Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; A//CONOB. DOC 5a; MIBE 7; SB 618. EF.
Ex-CNG 10/2013
Sosius
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AE 12 nummi Phocas Obverse: Legand unintelligigble, diad., dr and cuir. bust r. beardless
Reverse: Large IB, cross between no steps. AAEZ (second "A" without cross piece, and "Z" with cross piece
Mint: Alexandria
Date: 602-610 CE
Sear 679 DO 106
14mm 3.17gm
wileyc
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AE follis Heraclius, SB 806Obverse: Heraclius in center, Heraclius Constantine on r., and the Empress MArtina on l, all stg facing; each wearing crown and chlamys, and holding gl. cr. in r. hand two crosses in field either side of Heraclius head
Reverse: Large M between ANNO and regnal yr (x,II,I) cross above, CON in ex
Mint: Constantinople
Date:622/3 CE
Sear 806 DO 89-91
25mm 6.74gm
Sear notes that this type is normally overstruck on folles of Phocas or less frequently on those of earlier reigns
Mint
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AE follis Heraclius, SB 808Obverse: Heraclius in center, Heraclius Constantine on r., and the Empress MArtina on l, all stg facing; each wearing crown and chlamys, and holding gl. cr. in r. hand two crosses in field either side of Heraclius head
Reverse: Large M, ANNO above, Monogram 23 or 24 to l., regnal yr to rt (X,GI,II)
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 628/9 CE
Sear 808 DO 99-103
28 mm 5.29 gm
Sear notes that this type is normally overstruck on coins of Maurice Tiberius or Phocas and often on half folles rather than folles due to the much reduced module of this issue. The weight of 5.29gm is indicative of this
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AE follis PhocasObverse: ON FOCA NE PE AV Phocas on l., Leontia on r., stg facing, Emperor holds gl. cr., Empress sometimes nimbate holds cruciform sceptre; between heads cross.
Reverse: Large M between ANNO and regnal yr. III, cross above THEUP in ex.
Mint: Theoupolis(Antioch)
Date: 604/5 CE
Sear 671 DO 83-9
25mm 8.51gm
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AE half follis PhocasObverse: DN FOCA PERP AVG crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross
Reverse: Large XX, cross above. in ex CON with unk Officina letter following
Mint: Constantinople
Date 602-610 CE
Sear 643
24 mm 5.69 gm
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AE half follis PhocasObverse: DM FOCA PER AVG or similar, crowned, bust facing wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cross
Reverse: XX, cross above, III (regnal yr) to r. NIKO in ex
Mint: Nicomedia
Date: 604/5 CE
Sear 663 DO 63-8
25mm 3.47
Thin ragged flan
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B 010 Phocas (602-610 A.D.), Constantinopolis, SB 0640, -/CONΔ, AE-Follis (40 Nummia), Year 6(Ч), B 010 Phocas (602-610 A.D.), Constantinopolis, SB 0640, -/CONΔ, AE-Follis (40 Nummia), Year 6(Ч),
avers: (Dm POCAS) PERP AVG (or similar), Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, and holding mappa and cross (or mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre).
reverse: Large XXXX, ANNO above, regnal year to right (Ч), mintmark CON and officina letter (Δ).
exergue: ANNO/XXXXЧ//CONΔ, diameter: 28,0-31,0mm, weight:12,43g, axis:7h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: 608? A.D., ref: Sear 0640, p-145, MIB 61-62.
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B 010 Phocas (602-610 A.D.), SB 0657, -/NIKOB, AE-Follis (40 Nummia), Nicomedia, Year I, B 010 Phocas (602-610 A.D.), SB 0657, -/NIKOB, AE-Follis (40 Nummia), Nicomedia, Year I,
avers:- Om FO(CA INPER AV or similar) but instead of this have confused overstrucked text, Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia, nimbate, on right, holding sceptre topped by cross, standing, cross between their heads .
revers:- "m" ANNO/I, Large m, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year (I) to right; (no letter below), mintmark NIKOB,
exergo: ANNO/I//NIKOB, diameter: 29,5mm, weight:12,84g, axis:6h,
mint:Nicomedia, date: 602? A.D., ref: Sear 0657, p-147; DOC 53b; MIBE 68
Q-001
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B 010 Phocas and Leontia (602-610 A.D.), Antioch as Theopolis, SB 0675, -/Ћ, AE-Decanummium, Year 4, B 010 Phocas and Leontia (602-610 A.D.), Antioch as Theopolis, SB 0675, -/Ћ, AE-Decanummium, Year 4,
avers: (Dm POCA) NЄ PЄ AV (or similar), Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia on right, holding sceptre topped by cross, standing facing; cross between their heads.
reverse: Large X, between ANNO and the numerals representing the regnal year (4=II-I/I). Over Cross, mintmark below (Ћ).
exergue: ANNO/II-I/I//Ћ, diameter: 15,0-16,5mm, weight:1,96g, axis:6h,
mint: Antioch as Theopolis, date: 606? A.D., ref: Sear 0675, p-152, MIB 87.
Q-001
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BCC B11 Heraclius and PhocasByzantine Period - Caesarea Maritima
Heraclius 610-641 CE
AE Follis with overstrike.
Obv:Facing bust of Heraclius ...AV[G]
At 7h: XX[XX], above: ANNO To right: I (part of NIKO?)
Rev:Large M, to right II, above, cross,
below Γ, in ex CON. To left: traces
of legend from base coin ...P AVG
Base coin: Phocas 602-610 CE,
Uncertain mint/year
35x30mm. 11.94gm. Axis:240
SB 804? over SB 659 Nicomedia?
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BCC B12 Heraclius and H. Constantine Byzantine Period - Caesarea
Heraclius and H. Constantine
610-641CE AE Follis
Obv:Two figures standing facing.
Rev:Large M, Christogram above,
to left, ANNO, to right II/II, Below, ?
in exergue: [CON]
31x28.5mm. 11.63gm. Axis:210
SB 805
Undertype:Phocas and Leonitia?
602-610 CE SB 639?
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BCC B13 PhocasByzantine Period - Caesarea
Phocas 602-610 CE
AE Half Follis, Nicomedia Mint
Obv:DN FOCAS P P AVG
Facing bust, holding cross in left
hand, mappa in right.
Rev: XX, no cross above,
to right III, in ex. NIKOB
29x25mm. 6.30gm. Axis:180
SB 663v. (no cross)
Below the mintmark is a cross shaped
object which may be an artifact of an
earlier strike.
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BCC B17 PhocasByzantine Period
Phocas 602-610 CE
AE Follis, Antioch
Obv:DN [FOCA NE PE A V]
Facing bust, crowned, wearing consular
robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter.
Rev:Large M (lower case), cross above;
to left, ANNO; to right, G/III (year 8)
In exergue: THEUP’
27mm. 9.33gm. Axis:180
SB 672
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BCC B3x HeracliusByzantine Caesarea
Uncertain mint
Heraclius 610-641CE
AE cut follis with CM
Obv:Traces of facing bust and inscription
Rev:Large M, cross above, to
left A[N...]. Overstruck on
40 nummia (XXXX) of Phocas?.
Finally struck with Heraclian monogram
CM type 1c (Schulze et. al. 2006)
31.5x23mm. 5.18gm.
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BCC IS9 Arab-Byzantine Imitation? DodecanummiumArab-Byzantine Period
Caesarea Maritima
Crude dodecanummium of early
Byzantine Emperor, or local Arab-
Byzantine imitation of Phocas?
Uncertain date and mint.
Obv: VIIO... Unintelligible inscription.
Bearded bust right, wearing crown? and
consular robes?
Rev: I B Between, cross.
In exergue: ΑΛΕΞ in crude script.
AE12 nummi 14.5mm. 2.35gm. Axis:300
see DOC II.1 pp. 42, 61-64, 150
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
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Byzantine Anonymous Follis: Class A1 [012]4.22 grams
23.21 mm
Attributed to JOHN I, TZIMISCES (969-976); SEAR 1793
Overstruck on an earlier follis of Nicephorus II Phocas; S-1782
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Byzantine Anonymous Follis: Class A1 [012]5.66 grams
22.03 mm
Attributed to JOHN I, TZIMISCES (969-976) SEAR 1793
Overstruck on an earlier follis of Nicephorus II Phocas, prob. Sear 1782 or 1783
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Byzantine Anonymous Follis: Class A1 [013]4.10 grams
20.65 mm
Attributed to JOHN I, TZIMISCES (969-976) SEAR 1793
Overstruck on an earlier follis of Nicephorus II Phocas, prob. Sear 1782 or 1783
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE - MAURICE TIBERIAS BYZANTINE EMPIRE - MAURICE TIBERIAS (582-602 CE) Bronze Pentanummia (Half-Follis). Cherson mint. Obv.: ΧΕΡCONOC Maurice on left; Empress Constantina on right, both standing facing & nimbate, Emperor holds globus cruciger; Empress holds long cruciform sceptre. Rev.: Large Δ to left, cross above it; to right - Theodosius, son of Maurice, stands facing, nimbate, holding long staff surmounted by XI-RHO symbol. Reference: Sear #610.

*NOTE: There is a controversy in the attribution: Anokhin (and other Russian experts) assign the varieties with XEPCWNOC to Justin II, instead of the older attribution to Maurice used by Sear. Anokhin assigns only those with DNMAVRIC PP AVG to Maurice. Grierson does not outright deny it, but has his doubts. Very similar coins were issued in the name of Maurice, so older attributions of the "XEPCONOC" types were also to Maurice, but now some scholars have argued that they were originally issued by Justin II. Under the old attribution the obverse figures are Maurice and his wife and the reverse figure is his son Theodosius. Grierson (p. 73) says, "If the coins all belong together it would seem reasonable to regard them as an insurrectionary coinage struck at Cherson in 602, the intention of the rebels having been initially to depose Maurice in favor of his son Theodosius and not the upstart adventurer Phocas." According to this theory, the revolt prompted a new coin with a neutral legend, which was replaced by the emperor's name when the outcome favored Maurice. This attribution is accepted by Sear.

Anokhin (1980) and Hahn (1978) concur in attributing them to Justin II (and the following period). Anokhin argues the two-figure type resembles the regular type introduced by Justin II and Sophia. However, a type can resemble one of Justin II and be issued a few years later. Anokhin says (p. 92) "if the striking commenced from the moment Theodosius was named Augustus, i.e. in 590, all three series with differing types would have had to be issued within limits between 590-602, which is unlikely." Hahn also argues that there are several minor varieties which would probably take a number of years to mint. However, the varieties are clearly very similar and not numerous. I think there is no need to postulate more than ten years to mint three very similar types, all of which are scarce.

Anokhin (p. 92) argues "if we assign the coins described to Maurice we expose their failure to correspond with empire-wide coins, which have on the obverse a portrait of Maurice alone." But that argument is feeble -- we know Maurice minted such coins that fail to correspond with empire-wide coins -- some of the coins we are attributing have his name on them!

Anokhin (p. 93) thinks the reverse figure, if a real person, could "be Tiberius, the future emperor, who was proclaimed Caesar in December 574 and who reigned as co-regent jointly with Sophia during the last four years of the life of Justin II who was mentally ill." However, he does not accept that it is a real person and says "it most likely represents some symbolic figure or a saint."

Hahn notes that the reverse figure seems to be a Caesar (because the pendillia are lacking) and says in the later 6th century the only appropriate Caesar is Tiberius II under Justin II. However, the older attribution already had an acceptable Caesar, just in the early 7th instead of the late 6th century. Hahn notes the first issue, with the "M" and "K" has a capital omega in "XERCWNOC", rather than the later "O", as do some of the "H" and delta pieces. Clearly, the "M" and "K" are the first of the series. However, that does not make them issued by Justin II.

Hahn admits, as noted by Grierson, that the two-figure type is very similar to some coins of Focas, showing a continuum of types could equally well be at either end of the potential attribution period. Hahn gives the attribution to Justin II and calls it "secure." It may well be that the "M" and "K" types began under Justin II, but the Hahn paper presents no convincing evidence.

If we postulate this type began under Justin II, it is hard to explain why it pops up again under Maurice with a 12-year gap from the end of Justin II (578) until Maurice (582-602) promotes Theodosius to Caesar (May 26, 590). Unless, of course, it was minted throughout the period as a type immobilise. (Thanks for ancients.info for the argument text). My own research of my Russian resources vs. Sear and others confirm all of the above!
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE - NICEPHORUS II PHOCASSear #1782 Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969) AE 28mm Follis. Double/Overstrike. Bust, NichfB/asilRom / +Nichf/EnQewBa/sileusRw/maiwn. 1 commentsdpaul7
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Half Follis, Cyzicus (Sear 669; DOC 82; MIBE 80b)Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross
Rev: Large XX; star above; KYZA in exergue



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Byzantine Empire: Heraclius (610-641) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 4 (Sear 805)Obv: ddNNhЄRACLI ЧSЄT hЄRACONSTPAV; Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, standing facing, each holding globus cruciger
Rev: Large M; ⳩ above, A/N/N/O II/II across field; CON in exergue

Overstruck on a Follis of Phocas, specifically Sear 665
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Byzantine Empire: Heraclius (610-641) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 4 (Sear 805)Obv: ddNNhЄRACLI ЧSЄT hЄRACONSTPAV; Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, standing facing, each holding globus cruciger
Rev: Large M; ⳩ above, A/N/N/O II/II across field; CON in exergue

Overstruck on a Follis of Phocas, specifically Sear 665
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Byzantine Empire: Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Follis overstruck on a Phocas Nicomedia Follis.Constantinople Year 3 = 612-613 A.D. 11.11g - 33mm, Axis 7h.

Obv: Heraclius, bearded, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, standing facing, both crowned and cuirassed, both holding cross on globe, cross between their heads.

Rev: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, (OCA above from Phocas), year 3 (I/II) to right, officina letter Γ below. Mintmark CON.

Ref: Sear 805.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection
Christian Scarlioli
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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1782; DOC 8)Obv: 🞢ҺICIFRb ASILЄVRШ; Crowned bust of Nicephorus II facing, bearded, wearing robe with V-shaped opening and crown with cross and pendilia; in right hand, cross scepter; in left, globus surmounted by trefoil
Rev: 🞢ҺICHF / ЄҺΘЄШbA / SILЄVRШ / MAIШҺ in four lines
Dim: 23.5mm, 6.03g, 6h



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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1783; DOC 7)Obv: 🞢ҺICIFRb ASILЄVRШ; Crowned bust of Nicephorus II facing, bearded, wearing robe with V-shaped opening and crown with cross and pendilia; in right hand, cross scepter; in left, globus surmounted by trefoil
Rev: 🞢ҺICHF / ЄҺΘЄШbA / SILЄVRШ / MAIШҺ in four lines
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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1783; DOC 7)Obv: 🞢ҺICIFRb ASILЄVRШ; Crowned bust of Nicephorus II facing, bearded, wearing robe with V-shaped opening and crown with cross and pendilia; in right hand, cross scepter; in left, globus surmounted by trefoil
Rev: 🞢ҺICHF / ЄҺΘЄШbA / SILЄVRШ / MAIШҺ in four lines
Dim: 27.7mm, 8.86g, 6h
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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969), Miliaresion, Constantinople (Sear-1781)Obv: + IhSVS XRI-STVS nICA *.
Cross crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust of Nicephorus facing.
Rev: + nICHF´ / En X·W AVTO/CRAT´ EVSEb´ / bASILEVS / RWmAIW´.
Legend in five lines.
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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus II Phocas, AE Follis. Constantinople 963-969 A.D. 6.37g - 23mm.

Obv: + hICIFR b-ASILEV RW, Crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe.

Rev: + hICHF / Eh ΘωbA / SILEVS Rω / MAIωh in four line.

Ref: SB 1782, DOC 8.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) AE 40 Nummia, Constantinople Mint (Sear-640)1 commentsQuant.Geek
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) AV Solidus, Carthage (Sear 681; DOC 108; MIB 32)Quant.Geek
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (MIBE N89)Obv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Ч, pellet within, cross above
Dim: 13 mm, 1.39 g

Sear Monogram 20

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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 676A; MIBE 89)Obv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Є; cross to right
Dim: 14 mm, 1.55 g

Sear Monogram 20

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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Decanummium, Antioch (Sear-675)Obv: d N FOCA NE PE AV. Phocas (left) and Leontia (right) standing facing; the emperor holds globe cruciger, the empress holds cruciform sceptre; between their heads, cross.
Rev: Large X between ANNO - II; cross above; beneath, P.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Pb Seal (DOC BZS.1951.31.5.7)Obv: The Mother of God standing, wearing a chiton and maphorion, and holding Christ before her. A large cross potent with an elongated vertical shaft at left and right. Wreath border.
Rev: dN FOCAS-PЄRPAЧC; Bust of Phokas with a pointed beard and shaggy hair, wearing a crown with a cross on top and a chlamys fastened with a fibula on the right shoulder. A circular inscription beginning at left. No visible border
Dim: 29 mm, 18.0g
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Decanummium, Antioch? (cf Sear 676; cf DOC 104)Obv: Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding globus cruciger and mappa
Rev: Large X; cross above
Dim: 16mm, 2.40g, 12h
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Follis, Cyzicus, RY 7 (Sear-665; DOC 74; MIBE 76)Obv: Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross; small cross to left
Rev: Large XXXX; date to right; KYZB in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Follis, Cyzicus, RY 7 (Sear-665; DOC 74; Wroth BMC 90; Tolstoi 77; Ratto 1237; Morrisson BnF 6; Hahn MIB 76)Obv: D N FOCA PERP AVΓ, bust facing, wearing crown with pendilia and consular robes, mappa in right, cross in left, small cross in left field
Rev: XXXX (40 nummi), ANNO above, G (year 6) right, KYZA in exergue;
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Follis, Nicomedia (MIBE V69a; CNR 18/3, p. 6)Obv: dmFOCA[S P]ЄR [AVG]; crowned bust of Focas facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter; crown with pendilia; all within wreath border
Rev: Large XXXX; ANNO above, III right; NIKOA in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Half Follis, Carthage, RY5 (Sear-686; DOC 116; MIBE-98a)Obv: Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cruciform scepter
Rev: Large X•X; cross above, star to left, Є to right; KRTÏ‚

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Half Follis, Cyzicus (Sear-670; DOC 79-80; MIBE 79)Obv: Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cross
Rev: Large XX; cross above, III (date) to right; KYZA in exergue


ex Prue Morgan Fitts Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 355, 15 July 2015, Lot 663
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Half Follis, Cyzicus, RY 2 (Sear-668; DOC 79a; MIBE 80a)Obv: Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, and holding mappa and cross
Rev: Large XX; cross above; II to right; KYZA in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Half Follis, Nicomedia (Sear-661; DOC 61; MIBE 71)Obv: Phocas, holding globus cruciger, and Leontia, holding cruciform scepter, standing facing; cross above
Rev: Large XX; cross above; NIKOB in exergue
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 676A; MIB 89)Obv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Є; cross to right
Dim: 14 mm, 1.55 g

Sear Monogram 20


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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 676A; MIB 89)Obv: Sear Monogram 20 of Phocas
Rev: Large Є; cross to right
Dim: 15mm, 1.37 g

Sear Monogram 20


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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) Æ Pentanummium, Constantinople (Sear 647; DOC 40; MIBE 67)Obv: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with long beard
Rev: Large Ч
Dim: 17mm, 1.53 g, 6h
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Follis.Cyzicus Year 7 = 608- 609 A.D. 10.40g - 27mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG - Crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross, cross in left field.

Rev: Large XXXX, ANNO to left, regnal year to right ЧI = Year 6. Mintmark KYZB.

Ref: SB 665; MIB 76.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Cyzicus Year 2 = 602-603 A.D. 6.31g - 27.2mm, Axis 6h.

Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG - Crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross.

Rev: Large XX, cross above, regnal year II to right. Mintmark KYZB.

Ref: SB 670; MIB 79.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Theoupolis Year 7 = 608-609 A.D. 4.29g - 21.4mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: ON FOCA NE PE AV - Crowned and draped facing bust, holding mappa and cross-tipped sceptre.

Rev: Large X·X; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч/II (date) across field; e below.

Ref: SB 674; MIBE 86a, DOC –.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Constantinople 602-610 A.D. 6.14g - 25mm, Axis 6h.

Obv: DN FOCA PERP AVG - Crowned and mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross.

Rev: Large XX, star above. Mintmark CONB.

Ref: SB 644, DOC 37.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Cyzicus Year 2 = 602-603 A.D. 6.31g - 27.2mm, Axis 6h.

Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG - Crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross.

Rev: Large XX, cross above, regnal year II to right. Mintmark KYZB.

Ref: SB 670; MIB 79.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Carthage Year 5 = 606-607 A.D. 7.11g - 21mm, Axis 2h.

Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG - Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cruciform sceptre.

Rev: * X•X Є / KRTς - Large X•X; cross above, * to left, Є (date) to right; Mintmark KRTς.

Ref: DOC 116; MIBE 98a; SB 686. Rated Rare.
Provenance: Ex Jim Squares (seller). From a 10,000 coin private collection of a deceased estate. Chris Scarlioli Collection.
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Byzantine, Focas, Follis, Nicomedia, Unpublished year II consular type with mappa and eagle-scepterBronze follis, Hahn 69a (only years 3 and 4 noted), DO 56-60 (lists only years 3 - 7), gVF, 11.48g, 32.0mm, 45o, Nicomedia mint, 603-604 A.D.; obverse d N FOCAS PERP AVG, bust facing wearing consular robes and crown with cross on circlet, mappa in right, eagle tipped scepter in left; reverse XXXX, ANNO above, II right, NIKOA in exergue1 comments
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Byzantine, Heraclius overstruck on Phocas. 7.45 gr, 27 mm longest.
[quote author=Abu Galyon link=topic=123456.msg743517#msg743517 date=1604192616]
Yes, Heraclius. This appears to be SBCV 810 (the smaller series), third officina, struck regnal year XXIII (632/3 CE). The undertype was a follis (or maybe three-quarter follis?) of Phocas.

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BYZANTINE, Justin II and Sophia, Half-Follis struck at Cherson (A.D.582-602)A l'avers XЄP-CONOC l'empereur Justin et l'impératrice Sophie debout de face, tous deux nimbés, Justin tenant un globe crucigère et Sophie un long sceptre crucigère.
Au revers Tibère, debout de face, tenant une longue croix. A droite, la valeur Δ.
Atelier : Cherson (Crimée, Ukraine)
5,67 g / 20-23 mm
Ref : Sear 610 (Maurice) - Sommer 5.73 var (Justin II), MIBEC 161 (Phocas), Anokhin 318-19 (Justin II), Esty 16 (Maurice)
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BYZANTINE, Mauricius TiberiusMauricius Tiberius, 582 - 602 AD
Solidus, Constantinopel, 4,29g, VF

obv: O.N.MAVRC.TIb.PP.AVG (Dr. and cuir. bust facing, wearing plumed helmet and holding gl. cr.)
rev: VICTORIA AVGGI (officinae I), (angel stg. facing, holding staff surmounted by P and gl.cr.; in ex., CONOB)

"Maurice Tiberius
August 13, 582 through November 22, 602.
Maurice Tiberius was an excellant military officer and was responsible for the curbing the Persians during the end of Justin II's reign. And during his reign he used diplomatic means to bring peace with the Persians. The western part of the empire saw a reuniting of control over much of Italy, Sicily and North Africa, but the Balkans proved to be his downfall. Due to losses of territory and prestige in the Balkan peninsula, a military revolt occurred with Phocas taking over as emperor. Maurice Tiberius and his two sons fled Constantinople, only to be slain a month or so later"
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BYZANTINE, Phocas & Leontia, AE Follis, Struck c.A.D.602-603 at AntiochObv: D(retrograde) N FOCA NE PE AV. Standing figures of Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia, nimbate, on right, holding sceptre topped by cross; cross between their heads.
Rev: Large Langobardian M, ANNO to left,cross above, numeral representing the regnal year to right (Year 1 on this coin). In exergue, THEuP', the mintmark for Theupolis (Antioch).
Sear 671
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BYZANTINE, Phocas and Leontia, 602-610 ADPhocas and Leontia 602-610 AD. AE Follis Langobardian M , mint Theopolis. Year 1.
DM FOCAE PP AVG, Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia, nimbate, on right, holding sceptre topped by cross, standing, cross between their heads / Large m (lower case), ANNO to left,cross above
THEUP Theopolis Antiochia
SB 671, MIB 83a-b.
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BYZANTINE, Phocas, AE Decanummium, A.D.602 - 610. Obv: om FOCA PP AVG. Crowned, draped and cuirassed bust facing.
Rev: Large X, cross above. (The reverse is upside down in the photograph above).

Sear: 646
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BYZANTINE, Phocas, AE Follis, A.D.602 - 610.Phocas reigned from November A.D. 602 to October A.D.610.
AE Follis minted at Cyzicus.
Sear: 665.
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BYZANTINE, Phokas & Leontia, AE Half-follis, Thessalonike
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EB0973 Phocas / Large XXXXPhocas. 602-610 AD. AE follis, Cyzicus.
Obverse: [DN F]OCAS PERP AVG, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross, cross in left field.
Reverse: Large XXXX, ANNO above, regnal year IIII to right, mintmark KYZA.
References: SB 665, MIB 76.
Diameter: 29.5mm, Weight: 12.148g.
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EB0974 Phocas & Empress Leontia / Large MPhocas and Leontia. 602-610 AD. AE Follis. Constantinople.
Obverse: DM FO[CAE] PP AVG, Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia, nimbate, on right, holding sceptre topped by cross, standing, cross between their heads.
Reverse: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, year I to right, mintmark CON and officina letter.
References: SB 639, MIB 60a-b.
Diameter: 32mm, Weight: 13.057g.
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Focas AD602-AD610Die axis 180 degrees
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Half Follis of Phocas (602-610 A.D.)Obverse is of crowned bust of the emperor Phocas and with inscription ONFOCAPERPAVG. The reverse consists of XX standing for twenty nummia and with a star above. Constantinople mint.cwonsidler
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Heraclius (610-641) dodekanummion (AE)Obv.: dd MM h hERAC (Bust of Heraclius left and bust of Heraclius Constantinus right) Rev.: Cross on two steps, I to left, B to right Exergue: ALEZ Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 4.9 g SB 853

Heraclius remains one of the greatest and most tragic of Constantinople's emperors. He inherited half an empire from the cruel Phocas, with the East as good as lost to the Persians. He managed, through reforms and aggressive campaigning, to reclaim all of it, only to have most of the East permanently wrested from Byzantine hands by the Arabs at the closing of his reign. His series struck at Alexandria were the last Byzantine coins to be struck in Egypt.
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Heraclius and Heraclonas overstrike of Phocas and LeontiaHeraclius & Heraclonas (610 - 646 AD), overstrike of an earlier coin of Phocas & Leontia (602 - 610 AD).
Heraclius & Heraclonas, Follis, 9.43g, 31mm,
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Heraclius, Follis, Thessalonica mint, 613-614 AD (year 4), Sear 823aHeraclius (610-641 AD)

613-614 AD (Year 4)

Follis

Obverse: DN HERACLIVS PP AVG, helmeted, crowned, cuirassed and draped facing bust, holding globe bearing a cross.

Reverse: Large M; Above, cross; To left, ANNO; To right, II/II ; Exergus, (TeS)

overstruck on a Constantinople follis of Phocas

Thessalonica mint

Sear 823a, D.O.-, B.M.C.-, T.-, R-, B.N.-, M.I.B. 217.

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VF

11,9 g.
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Heraclius, SBCV 805dd NN hERACLYS ET hERA CONST PP A
Heraclius left and Constantine Heraclius right, standing, facing, each holding globus cruciger
Large M, Chi-Rho above, ANNO left III right, A below
CON in ex.
AE follis, 33mm, 10.99g
Minted Constantinople, 612-613

Coin is over struck on follis of Phocas from Nikomedia, Sear 659
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Italy, Rome, The Column of FocasThe Column of Phocas at Rome was erected before the Rostra and dedicated to the Emperor on 1 August 608. It was the last addition made to the Forum Romanum. The Corinthian column has a height of 13.6 m (44 ft). Both the column and the marble socle were recycled from earlier use. It still stands in its original location. An English translation of the inscription follows: To the best, most clement and pious ruler, our lord Phocas the perpetual emperor, crowned by God, the forever august triumphator, did Smaragdus, former praepositus sacri palatii and patricius and Exarch of Italy, devoted to His Clemency for the innumerable benefactions of His Piousness and for the peace acquired for Italy and its freedom preserved, this statue of His Majesty, blinking from the splendor of gold here on this tallest column for his eternal glory erect and dedicate, on the first day of the month of August, in the eleventh indiction in the fifth year after the consulate of His Piousness. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Phocas. Image released to public domain.Joe Sermarini
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Italy- Rome- The Pantheon of Marco V Agripa and HadrianPantheon
The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of the Roman state religion, but has been a Christian church since the 7th century AD. It is the only building from the Greco-Roman world which is completely intact and which has been in continuous use throughout its history.

History
The original Pantheon was built in 27 BC under the Roman Republic, during the third consulship of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and his name is inscribed on the portico of the building. The inscription reads M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIUM·FECIT, "Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time, built this."

In fact, Agrippa's Pantheon was destroyed by fire in AD 80, and the Pantheon was completely rebuilt in about AD 125, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian, as date-stamps on the bricks reveal. It was totally reconstructed, with the text of the original inscription (referring to Agrippa) added to the new facade, a common practice in Hadrian's rebuilding projects all over Rome.

Hadrian was a cosmopolitan emperor who travelled widely in the east and was a great admirer of Greek culture. He seems to have intended the Pantheon, a temple to all the gods, to be a sort of ecumenical or syncretist gesture to the subjects of the Roman Empire who did not worship the old gods of Rome, or who (as was increasingly the case) worshipped them under other names.

In AD 609 the Byzantine emperor Phocas gave the building to Pope Boniface IV, who reconsecrated it as a Christian church, the Church of Mary and all the Martyr Saints (Santa Maria ad Martyres), which title it retains.

The building's consecration as a church saved it from the abandonment and spoliation which befell the majority of ancient Rome's buildings during the early mediaeval period. The only loss has been the external sculptures, which adorned the pediment above Agrippa's inscription. The marble interior and the great bronze doors have survived, although the latter have been restored several times.

During the reign of Pope Urban VIII, the Pope ordered the bronze ceiling of the Pantheon's portico melted down. Most of the bronze was used to make bombards for the fortification of Castel Sant'Angelo, with the remaining amount used by the Apostolic Chamber for various other works. (It is also said that the bronze was used by Bernini in creating the baldachin above the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica, but according to at least one expert, the Pope's accounts state that about 90% of the bronze was used for the cannon, and that the bronze for the baldachin came from Venice.[1]) This led to the Latin proverb, "Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini" ("What the barbarians did not do, the Barberinis [family name of Urban VIII] did").

Since the Renaissance the Pantheon has been used as a tomb. Among those buried there are the painters Raphael and Annibale Caracci, the architect Baldassare Peruzzi and two kings of Italy: Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, as well as Vittorio Emanuele's Queen, Margharita.

Although Italy has been a republic since 1946, volunteer members of Italian monarchist organisations maintain a vigil over the royal tombs in the Pantheon. This has aroused protests from time to time from republicans, but the Catholic authorities allow the practice to continue, although the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage [2] is in charge of the security and maintenance. The Pantheon is still a church and Masses are still celebrated in the church, particularly for weddings.

Structure
The building is circular with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns (8 in the first rank and 16 in total) under a pediment opening into the rotunda, under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus), open to the sky. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same (43 metres), so the whole interior would fit exactly within a cube (alternatively, the interior could house a sphere 43 metres in diameter). The dome is the largest surviving from antiquity, and was the largest dome in western Europe until Brunelleschi's dome of the Duomo of Florence was completed in 1436.

It may well be noted that the proportions of the building are in discord with respect to the classical ideal. Most evident is the rather large pediment, which appears far too "heavy" for the columns supporting it. The reason for this was the expectation that the building would be much taller than it actually is, which would effect larger columns. However, by the time the pediment was built, it was realised that the proposed height was unrealistic, and so the builders had to settle with a building somewhat out of proportion.

The composition of the Roman concrete used in the dome remains a mystery. An unreinforced dome in these proportions made of modern concrete would hardly stand the load of its own weight, since concrete has very low tensile strength, yet the Pantheon has stood for centuries. It is known from Roman sources that their concrete is made up of a pasty hydrate lime; pozzolanic ash from a nearby volcano; and fist-sized pieces of rock. In this, it is very similar to modern concrete. The high tensile strength appears to come from the way the concrete was applied in very small amounts and then was tamped down to remove excess water at all stages. This appears to have prevented the air bubbles that normally form in concrete as the material dries, thus increasing its strength enormously.

As the best preserved example of monumental Roman architecture, the Pantheon was enormously influential on European and American architects from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Numerous city halls, universities and public libraries echo its portico-and-dome structure. Examples of notable buildings influenced by the Pantheon include Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Low Library at Columbia University, New York, and the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.

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Leontia, wife of Phocas, 602-610 CE.Æ Follis (28.4 mm, 13.35 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 602/603 CE.
Obv: δmFOCA ЄPPAVG, Phocas and Leontia stg. facing. The Emperor holds globus cruciger, the Empress, nimbate, holds cruciform scepter.
Rev: Large M, surmounted by cross; ANNO to left, I (regnal year 1) right, CONB in exergue.
Sear 639; MIB 129, 60a; DOC 163, 24b.
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Nicephorus II Phocas AE follis SB1782Obverse:NICIFR bASIL ROM, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe.
Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 963-969 CE
Sear 1782, DOC 8
25mm, 6.57g
DHC
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Nicephorus II Phocas AE follis SB1782Obverse:NICIFR bASIL ROM, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe.
Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 963-969 CE
Sear 1782, DOC 8
25mm, 8.20g
CWC
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Nicephorus II Phocas AE follis SB1783Obverse: NICIFR bASIL RW, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros and additional jewelled robe, holding cross-topped sceptre and trefoil on globe.
Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines.
Date: 963-969 CE
Mint: Constantinople
Sear 1783 DOC 7
25mm, 4.94g
CWC
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Nicephorus II Phocas AE follis SB1783Obverse: NICIFR bASIL RW, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros and additional jewelled robe, holding cross-topped sceptre and trefoil on globe.
Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines.
Date: 963-969 CE
Mint: Constantinople
Sear 1783 DOC 7
25mm, 6.43g
DHC
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Nicephorus II Phocas AE follis SB1783Obverse: NICIFR bASIL RW, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros and additional jewelled robe, holding cross-topped sceptre and trefoil on globe.
Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines.
Date: 963-969 CE
Mint: Constantinople
Sear 1783 DOC 7
25mm, 6.09g
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Nicephorus II, Phocas AR miliaresion Constantinople Sear 1781Task_Force
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Obv.: DN FOCA - C PERP ANZ
Rev.: VICTORI - A AVCCZ

Sear 681; DOC 108.1 and 108.2 varieties

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PhocasPhocas, half follis, Carthage mint, year 6 (607-8 AD), Sear 686.Tanit
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