452, Lot: 821. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.53 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Cross crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust of Nicephorus facing / +ҺICHF,/ ЄҺ X’ω AVτO/CRAτ, ЄVSЄЬ’/ ЬASILЄVS/ RωMAIω’ in five lines; – + – above and below. DOC 6; SB 1781. Toned, obverse double struck. VF.

From the Johnson Family Collection. Ex Lepczyk 29 (6 April 1979), lot 210.