50,00 €
Nikephoros II Phocas (963 – 969). AE Follis, Constantinople mint. +nICIFR b-ASILEVRW; bearded bust facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia and loros, labarum in right, globus cruciger in left / + nICHF/EnΘW bA/SILEVS RW/MAIWn in four lines.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE25 |
| Weight [g]: | 6,78 |
| Grade: | F/F |
| Attribution: | SBCV 1782; DOC III part 2, 8 |
| Commentary: | very scarce; overstrike on follis of Constantine VII and Zoe, brown-grey patina with some deposits |
Nikephoros as a general regained the island of Crete from the Arabs.
