thecrankyprofessor:seehagiasophia:Solidus Emperor Phocas. Constantinople, 602-610. Gold; embossing.
thecrankyprofessor:seehagiasophia:Solidus Emperor Phocas. Constantinople, 602-610. Gold; embossing. (Source: Kremlin Museum)The first bearded emperor since Julian the Apostate - and the honoree of the last imperial monument erected in the Roman Forum (a column carrying a statue). He has a bad name with historians, but the evidence is very mixed. -- source link
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