419, Lot: 451. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 967-969. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Facing busts of the Theotokos (Virgin), wearing nimbus crown, stola, and maphorium, and Nicephorus, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross between. DOC 4; Füeg 3.C.3; SB 1778. Near EF.