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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 106

Byzantine Empire. Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969). AV Histemenon. Constantinople. 4.41 gms. +IhS XPS REX REGNATI?m, Facing bust of Christ raising hand in blessing and holding Gospels, nimbus with two pellets in each arm of the cross, rev. +?EOTOC'b' H?' hICF,dES, Facing busts of the Virgin, nimbate and wearing stola and maphorion, and Nicephorus, crowned and wearing loros, holding patriarchal cross between them; M-? at Virgin's shoulder. DOC 4, SB 1778. Near Extremely Fine.

Estimate
$1,400 to $1,600