Nicephorus II Phocas Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Νικηφόρος Β' Φωκάς   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία

Miliaresion / Μιλιαρήσιον AR 23

SHH 82

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

4.41 g   20.3-21.3 mm   6:00 o'clock   EF Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with Pellets in the limbs of the cross; right hand raised in benediction; in left hand book of gospels;  +IhS XPS REX / REGNANTIUM clockwise around; border of dots. Facing busts of the Virgin, nimbate on left, M / Θ οn either side, and Nicephorus with short beard on right, holding between them long patriarchal cross; the Virgin wears stoal and mamphorium; the emperoro wears crown and loros; +ΘEOTOC'b'HΘ'NICHF,DESP clockwise around; border of dots Mint of Constantinopolis. BMC 3/5; Dumbarton Oaks 3/II 3; Sear Byzantine 1778