Extremely Rare Nicephorus I Solidus

CNG 105, Lot: 1056. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus I. 802-811. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.06 g, 4h). Uncertain Sicilian mint, probably Syracuse. Struck circa 802/3. NI FOROS bAS, crowned facing bust of Nicephorus I, wearing short beard, chlamys, and holding a cross potent with his right hand and an anexikakia with his left / IhSUS XRIS TUS NICA X, cross potent on base and three steps; to either side, C-I. DOC –; Füeg –; SB –; Anastasi –; Ricotti-Prina –; Spahr –; Nomos 12, lot 240 (same dies); NAC 75, lot 696 (same dies). Near EF, toned. Extremely rare, only four other specimens on CoinArchives.