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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Justinian Dynasty| > |Focas| > MA95738
Byzantine Empire, Focas, 23 November 602 - 5 October 610 A.D.
|Focas|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Focas,| |23| |November| |602| |-| |5| |October| |610| |A.D.|, Focas became emperor through a military revolt. He was an oppressive evil tyrant. His reign was a period of disaster with invasions, persecution of the aristocracy and civil unrest. Focas restored recognizable portraiture to the coinage - an oddity considering his appearance is often described as grotesque.
MA95738. Bronze half follis, DOC II-1 49; Wroth BMC 67; Tolstoi 86; Hahn MIB 92; SBCV 654; Sommer 9.33; Morrisson BnF - (p. 229); Ratto -, aVF, centered on a broad flan, green patina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 5.070g, maximum diameter 22.8mm, die axis 180o, 602 - 603 A.D.; obverse O M FOCAS PERP AVG (or similar), armored bust facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown with pendilia and cross on circlet, cross in right hand; reverse Large K (20 nummi), cross above, I (regnal year 1) right, TE in exergue; this is the first specimen of this type handled by Forum; scarce; SOLD










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