802 AD - 811 AD

Nicephorus I   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Νικηφόρος Α'   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Solidus / Σόλιδος AV 20
 SHH 474

474 Nicephorus I Constantinopolis Imperium Byzantinum Solidus AV

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Reference
 4.51 g    18.1-20.8 mm    6:00 o'clock    EF
Bust of Nicephorus facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross,
and holding cross potent and akakia; pellet in field to left;
hICI / FOROS bASILE' clockwise around; border of dots.
Facing bust of Stauracius, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross,
and holding globus cruciger and akakia; STAVRA / CIS DESPO'E clockwise around;
border of dots.
 Mint of Constantinopolis.
Berk 237/8 variant; BMC 4/6; Dumbarton Oaks 3/I 2a4; Ratto 1783/1786;
Sear Byzantine 1604