Nicephorus III - EL Histamenon
Obverse
Name/Title
Nicephorus III - EL HistamenonEntry/Object ID
C2020-BZ17-576Collection
ByzantineMintage
Date made
1078 CE - 1081 CETime Period
ByzantinePlace of Origin
City
ConstantinopleCoin Details
Obverse
Description
Christ nimbate, facing forward seated on throne without back, wearing pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, on left and right of nimbate IC and XC (with lines above).Reverse
Description
Nicephorus, crowned, bearded, wearing loros, standing facing on footstool, holding labarum with x on shaft in right and globed cross in left.Transcription
+NIKHΦ ΔεC Tω ROTANIATIssuing Authority
Nicephorus IIIDenomination
EL Histamenon NomismaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
BosporusCulture/Tribe
Byzantine