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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4512501, member: 97383&quot;]Nearly every listing I&#039;ve seen by dealers &amp; auction houses use a <b>&quot;?&quot;</b> when attributing a solidus of Phocus to Thessalonica <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Harlan Berk doesn&#039;t use a <b>&quot;?&quot;</b> in his book; so who am I to question one of the worlds experts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? On the other hand, Berk wrote his book 34 years ago, and no convincing evidence has surfaced to positively prove Phocas did strike gold at Thessalonica. Anyone attributing gold coins of Phocus to Thessalonica, is doing it on <b>style</b> alone. David Metcalf, writing in a lengthy essay in 1984, states no gold in the reign of Phocas can be positively attrbuted to the mint of Thessalonica. Bronze coins of Phocus from the mint of Thessalonica are common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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