1078 AD - 1081 AD

Nicephorus III Botaniates   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Νικηφόρος Γ' Βοτανειάτης   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Histamenon Nomisma / Ιστάμενον Νόμισμα EL 28
 SHH 2258

2258 Nicephorus III Histamenon Constantinopolis Nomisma

Parameter
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Reverse

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Reference
 4.33 g   26.8-29.7 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Bust of Christ wearing nimbus cruciger with pellets in arms,
holds book of Gospels in left hand with nine pellets;
IC / XC  with overbars either side of nimbus; double boarder of dots.
Bearded bust of Nicephorus facing, wearing crown loros, and holding long cross and
globus cruciger; +NIK / Η / ΦP / ΔECΠT around head; double boarder of dots.
Mint of Constantinopolis. Scyphate. Cracked.
BMC 2/4; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 1; Sear Byzantine 1883