963 AD - 969 AD

Nicephorus II Phocas
Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum

Νικηφόρος Β' Φωκάς   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία




AE 25
SHH 769

769 Nicephorus II Phocas Constantinopolis AE

Parameter

Obverse

Reverse
Notes
Reference
4.77 g   24.3-26.1 mm   1.1 eqmm   6:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 22.6 rev. 20.9 MS/m
Facing bust of Nicephorus wearing crown and loros, holding cross and globus cruciger;
illegible inscription around; border of dots.
+ nICHF' / En ΘΕω bΑ / SILEVS / RωmAIn' in ffour lines;
border of dots,
Overstrike on class 5 Follis (Dumbarton Oaks) of Constantinus VII
Dumbarton Oaks 3/II 7.5/7.16; Sear Byzantine 1782