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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 144

Byzantine Empire, Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969), AV Histamenon, Constantinople, + IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, holdnig right hand in sign of benediction, with Book of Gospels in his left, rev. + THEOTOC b H O hICHF dESP, facing busts of the Theotokos and Nicephorus, holding patriarchal cross between, PH between Theotokos and cross, 4.43g (DOC 4; SB 1778), cleaned, some coarseness to surfaces, but detailed and about very fine

Provenance

The "Trajan" Collection of Byzantine Coins

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£500