Watch List notes:

Nicephorus II Phocas with Basil. C, 963-969 AD. Au histamenon nomisma. Constantinople min. Obv; + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing cruciform nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, and holding book of Gospels cradled in left arm, Rev; + **Q*EOTOC' B' H**Q* hICHF DESP', facing busts of the Virgin, nimbate on left and Nicephorus on right wearing short beard and holding between them the patriarchal cross, the Virgin dividing M and **Q*, the emperor wearing crown and loros. S.1778, DOC 4. Over cleaned. 3.71g. NVF

Estimate: 175-225 GBP