Coin Information: Tantalus S/N 21006
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| Coin type: | Byzantine |
| Entered by: | wildwinds |
| Added on: | Nov 22, 2006 |
| Ruler: | Nicephorus II |
| Coin: | Good VF Gold AV Solidus +IhS XGS REX REGNATIUM - Facing bust of Christ, with cross nimbus having pellets in each arm, wearing pallium and colobium, right hand raised inward in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left. nICHFOP' CE bASIL' AUGGIR - Facing busts of Nicephorus wearing crown and loros, and Basil II,wearing crown and chlamys, jointly holding patriarchal cross between them. |
| Wt./Size/Axis: | 4.38g / - / - |
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| Acquisition/Sale: | ebay Item #1230010880 |
| Notes: | Nov 22, 06 - Byzantine.
Nicephorus II, 963-969 AD Slightly better quality than Sotheby's 11/98, #490 which sold for $1210. |
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