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Half Follis Of Phocas Or ? Yes, It Is One Of Phocas

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This weighs 5.5 grams.

It was labelled as a Follis of Justin II (with Sophia), clearly a mistake.
The XX means half Follis, but all the Half Folli from Justin II from the Constantinople have a K not XX.

The lettering on the obverse seem to be OCA, which suggests Phocas. Unfortunately, I cannot find an illustration of a candidate (from my Sear Catalogue #642) of a half follis from Constantinople with Phocas and Leontia, and there is no Officina ε listed.

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You are correct with Sear 642, it just happens to be an officina not recorded by Sear.

CNG had one before: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1086944

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Thanks, Tanman2001.
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