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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8232445, member: 85693&quot;]Oh that is a lovely Phocas &amp; Leontia - great colors that one!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar one, but no empress.&nbsp; And it is not nearly as pretty as yours - but at least it didn&#039;t get obliterated by a Heraclian mint worker! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447579[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Phocas&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 3 (604-605 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Cyzicus Mint</b></p><p>DN FOCAS [PЄRP] AV[G], crowned facing bust wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross, cross in left field (?) / Large XXXX, ANNO left, III right, KYZA in exergue.</p><p>Sear 665; DOC 72b; MIB 76.</p><p>(10.90 grams / 29 x 26 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Not to drop to far down the Phocas rabbit hole, here&#039;s a Phocas half follis from Cyzicus - my local dealer had it in a dusty binder, for cheap:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1447583[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Phocas&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Half Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 2 (603-604 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Cyzicus Mint</b></p><p>dN FOCA PERP AV[G], crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross / Large XX, cross above, regnal year II right, KYZB in exergue.</p><p>SB 670; MIB 79.</p><p>(5.54 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>AZ Nov. 2, 2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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