Watch List notes:

Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.68 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Cross crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust of Nicephorus facing / +ҺICHF'/ЄҺ X'ω AVτO/CRAτ, ЄVSЄЬ'/ЬASILЄVS/RωMAIω' in five lines; – + – above and below. DOC 6; SB 1781. Toned with areas of find patina, some minor roughness. VF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Berk BBS 41 (11 February 1986), lot 17.