1078-1081 AD., Nicephoros III, Constantinopolis mint, Follis, Sear 1889.

Anonymous, attributed to Nicephoros III, Constantinopolis (Constantinople) mint, 1078-1081 AD.,
Follis (ø 24-26 mm / 5,63 g), bronze, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 150-180°), double strike on reverse,
Obv.: IC - XC , bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels; IC - XC (Jesus Christ) in fields.
Rev.: latin cross with X at center and globule and two pellets at each extremity, floral ornaments in lower fields; crescents in upper fields.
Sear BC 1889 ; DOC III anonymous, class I .