Watch List notes:

Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. AV Histamenon Nomisma (19mm, 4.346 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 967-969. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄCNΛNTIhm (sic), facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; double pellets in bars of nimbus / + ΘЄOTOC bHΘ hICHF _ (horizontal d)ЄS, the Theotokos, M Θ above shoulders, and Nicephorus, crowned and wearing loros, facing, holding patriarchal cross between; pellet on shaft; additional I below M. DOC 4; Füeg 3.C.11; SB 1778. Traces of deposits in devices, slight double strike on reverse, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Near EF.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 10 (11 February 2004), lot 520.