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Byzanz: Nikephorus II. Phocas 963-969 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11023
Obverse	[+ hICIFR] b-ASILEV RW [Nicephoros Basileus Romanion]. Büste des Nikephorus II. Phocas in Gewand und mit Krone in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Kreuzzepter, in seiner l. ein Globus (sphaira) mit Kleeblatt (trifolium).
Reverse	+ hICH[F] / Eh ΘEW [bA]/SILEVS R[W]/mAIW[h] [Nicephoros En Theo Basileus Romaion]. Vierzeilige Aufschrift.
Sitter	Nikephorus II Phocas (963-969)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Nikephorus II Phocas (963-969)
Date	963-969 n. Chr.
Denomination	40 Nummi (Follis) 40 Nummi (Follis) A coin of the Byzantine period valued as 40 nummi as shown by the ltter M resp. m on the reverse. For the new coin introduced under Diocletian's monetary reform see nummus.
	Bronze ; 6,24 g; 21-24 mm; 7 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-2 (1973) 586 Nr. 7 (Class 1).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels - 1931
Object number	ID7170
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