412, Lot: 741. Estimate $100. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus Basilacius. Usurper, 1078. Æ Follis (25mm, 6.78 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Patriarchal cross on base; barred [IC-XC]/NI-KA across field. DOC, p. 706, N.1; P. Grierson, "Nicephorus Bryennius or Nicephorus Basilacius?" NumCirc LXXXIV.1 (January 1976), type a; R. Bland, "A Follis of Nicephorus Basilacius?" NC 1992, pl. 36, B; SB 1903A. Near Fine, porous brown surfaces. Very rare.