Byzantine Empire - Nicephorus II Phocas (AD ), with
Nicephorus II Phocas (AD ), with Basil II. AV histamenon nomisma (21mm, 4.4 gm).Constantinople, AD .+ IhS XIS R?X R??NANTIhM, bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing cruciform nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, and holding book of Gospels cradled in left arm / + hICHFOP C? ?ASIL' A??? ? R', crowned facing busts of Nicephorus (on left), bearded and wearing loros, and Basil, beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, holding long patriarchal cross between. Sear . DOC 1.3. Rare. Please see images for proper impression Read More