Nicephorus III Botaniates EL Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1078-1081. Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left; IC-XC across upper fields / +NIKHΦP ΔЄ TѠ BOTANIAT, Nicephorus standing facing on square footstool, bearded, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum with right hand and globus cruciger with left. DOC 2; Sear 1882. 4.28g, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine, die shift to obv.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.