NICEPHORUS II PHOCAS, 963-969
SOLE REIGN
Tetarteron 963-969.
Obv. +IHS XPS REX REGNATIYM Facing bust of Christ with nimbus, raising r. hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in l. hand.
Rev. +ΘEOTOC' b' hΘ' nICHF,dES' Facing bust of the Virgin, veiled and nimbate and Nicephorus, wearing crown and loros, holding between them patriarchal cross; at sides of Virgin, M – Θ.
Sear 1780. DOC 5.
4.13 g. About extremely fine.
Ex Auction F. R. Künker 257. Osnabrück, October 2014. Lot 9339.
Ex Auction Leu Numismatics 77. Zurich May 2000. Lot 882.