Coin

29-126-1524

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-1524
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Byzantine
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Constantinople
Creator Nicephorus II
Period Byzantine Period
Date Made 963-969 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Iconography Virgin | Nicephorus | Bust | Christ
Description

AV. +[...]EOTOC'bOH[...]NICHF'dESP' The Virgin and Nicephorus(busts) hold between them patriarchal cross. +IhSXPSREXREGNANTIUM Bust of Christ facing.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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