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| Estimate : | 1 900 € |
| Price : | 1 262 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:18:18 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: 963-969
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Superbes bustes, finement détaillés. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX - REGNANTIYM.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, portant le nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, la main droite bénissante et tenant de la main gauche les Évangiles.
Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse description : Bustes vus à mi-corps de la Vierge à gauche et de Nicéphore II à droite ; la Vierge est nimbée et vetue de la stola eu du maphorium, Nicéphore II est couronné avec pendilia bouletés, vêtu du loros ; ils tiennent tous deux la croix patriarcale bouletée.
Reverse legend : M-Q/ QEOTOS b HQ NIKIF dESP.
Reverse translation : (La Mère de Dieu/ Nicéphore despote).
Historical background
NICEPHORUS II PHOCAS
(08/16/963-12/10/969)
Nicephorus II succeeded Roman II in 963 after a five-month interregnum. He married Theophano, the widow of Roman II, the mother of Basil II and Constantine VIII who are associated with the throne. Antioch was recaptured from the Muslims. After a reign of six years, Nicephorus was assassinated by John I, the Empress's lover..
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