294, Lot: 870. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. AV Histamenon Nomisma (23mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 965-967. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Facing busts of the Theotokos and Nicephorus, holding patriarchal cross between. DOC 4; Füeg 3.b.1¹ var. (with pellet above cross); SB 1778. Near EF. Well centered.