NICEPHORUS II PHOCAS with BASIL II (963-969). GOLD Histamenon. Constantinople.

Obv: +IҺS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm.
Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, holding book of Gospels.
Rev: NIKHΦOP KAI RACIΛ' AVΓ R P.
Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus II, bearded and wearing loros on the left, and Basil II, beardless and wearing chlamys on the right, holding, with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross between them.

DOC 2; Sear 1777.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 4.41 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.