NICEPHRUS III ELECTRUM HISTAMENON – CHRIST BUST ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20516)

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20516. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. NICEPHORUS III, AD 1078-81.
Electrum Histamenon Nomisma (scyphate), 4.38 g, 29 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. IC – XC, bust of Christ Pantocrator, facing, holding the Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. + NIKHΦP ΔЄCΠwT, bust of Nicephorus III, facing, wearing loros, holding long cross and globus cruciger with cross composed of pellets.
Sear 1883.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “edge crimps,” “marks.”