Description: 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: AE25 mm

Weight: 6,78 g

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

History: Nikephoros as a general regained the island of Crete from the Arabs.

Article Number: 056-01-06-41652