Coin Item Number: 3095/840 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Phocas, 602-610. Obverse: Two rulers standing and facing front, both wearing crowns with crosses; Phocas is on the left, holding a globus cruciger; Empress Leontia is on the right, holding a long cruciform sceptre; between their heads, there is a cross; to left, inscription says ‘ONFOEA’; to right, ‘NEPEAV’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘ϤII’; above, cross; in exergue, ‘THEϤP’, with a diagonal line after the ‘P’.

History Of Use

"Follis" (denomination); DO# 89; Sear# 671.