Nicephorus II Phocas AD 963-969. Constantinople
Solidus AV

21 mm, 4,45 g

+IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / +ΘЄOTOC bHΘ ҺICHF δЄSP', facing busts of the Theotokos (Virgin), wearing nimbus crown, stola, and maphorium, and Nicephorus, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross between.

good very fine, scratches on obverse

Sear 1778.