Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. - Buy or Bid Sale 227, Lot 561
Nicephorus Basilacius. Usurper . Follis; Nicephorus Basilacius. Usurper ; Thessalonica, May-July 1078 AD, Follis, 7.69g. Incorretly as Anonymous Class N in both Sear-1903A and DO III, pp. 705-6. Obv: +NIKΦOPOC BACIΛ Nimbate bust of Christ, raising r. hand and holding book in l. hand, IC - XC across field. Rx: IC - XC / NI - KA (Jesus Christ will conquer), Patriarchal cross on base. Bland's confirmation of the follis being minted by Nicephorus Basilacius, in 1992, is the accepted attribution du...