Period
Byzantine
Person
Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor, 963-969
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
tetarteron
Dating
963-969
Obverse
+IhSXISREXREGNΛNTIhM, Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospels to breast
Reverse
M Θ, +ΘEOTOC'bH'ΘhICHF,δESP, Busts of the Virgin and Nikephoros II, holding patriarchal cross between them. The Virgin, nimbate, wears tunic and maphorion; Nikephoros wears crown with cross and prependoulia, imperial tunic, and loros
