Coin Item Number: 3095/822 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Phocas, 602-610. Obverse: bust of Phocas, facing front, with crown and consular robes; to left, he holds a mappa; to right, he holds a cross; to left, inscription says ‘MFOC’; to right, ‘ERA…C’. Reverse: large ‘XX’; to right, ‘III’; in exergue, ‘NIK’.

History Of Use

"Half-Follis" (denomination); DO# 64; Sear# 663.