| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2639 Price realized: 950 CHF (Approx. 1,078 USD / 996 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Nicephorus II Phocas, with Basil II, 963-969. Histamenon (Gold, 21 mm, 4.39 g, 5 h), Constantinopolis, 963-969. +IҺS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. ҺICHFOP CЄ ΒΑSIL AЧςς b R' Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus II, bearded and wearing loros on the left, and Basil II, beardless and wearing chlamys on the right; both holding, between them with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 1. SB 1776. Minor marks and scuffs and slightly wavy, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
