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LOT 3263
Nicephorus II Phocas AE Follis. AD 963-969.
Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding labarum with right hand and globus cruciger with left / [⧾] ҺICHF [ЄҺ] ΘЄ⟒ bACILЄVS R⟒MAI⟒Һ in four lines. DOC 7; SB 1783. Near Very Fine.(4.53gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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