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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 91

Nicephorus II, Phocas (963-969), Histamenon Nomisma, 4.40g, Constantinople, nimbate bust of Christ facing, giving benediction with right hand and holding Gospels, ihs xps rex regnantinum, rev. nichop´ kai racia avË, r´ p´, facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing lorus, and Basil wearing clamys, both crowned, holding between them a long patriarchal cross (Sear 1777), slightly crimped on obverse, good very fine, scarce Estimate £ 450-550

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