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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8234050, member: 110226&quot;]It&#039;s possible.&nbsp; Phocas is wearing a consular robe on the obverse of the Antioch follis very much in the same style of Maurice Tiberius.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a follis on VCoins with Maurice Tiberius in a consular robe, year 7:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/41/X/6/XAw7r9pE6BnYM3GpFti2c5PJ4TmDLa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are similarities and differences when comparing the two coins, notably with the style of the &quot;M&quot; on the reverse.&nbsp; But I think that your suggestion of changing the obverse legend for Phocas could be true.&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of hard to say, since the engraver who created the die for the Phocas follis might have been the same individual, or someone who was trained to create the same feature of the robe and profile.&nbsp; Given the crude nature of so many of these coins, analyzing them can be challenging, and of course fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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