Watch List notes:

Nicephorus II Phocas, 963-969. Histamenon nomisma (Gold, 19mm, 4.43 g 6), Constantinople. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing cross nimbus and clasping a book. Rev. +θEOTOC'b'Hθ'hICHF dESP On the left, half-length figure of the Virgin facing, between Μ Θ; on the right, half-length figure of Nicephorus II; holding between them patriarchal cross. DOC 4. SB 1778. Clear and toned. Scratch on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection, ex Peus 292, 25 October 1977, 5310.