1078-1081 AD., Nicephoros III, Constantinopolis mint, Follis, Sear 1889.
Anonymous, attributed to Nicephoros III, Constantinopolis (Constantinople) mint, 1078-1081 AD.,
Follis (ø 21-23 mm / 2,84 g), bronze, axis coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°), encrustations and sand layers,
Obv.: [IC ]- X[C] , bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels; IC - XC (Jesus Christ) in fields above shoulders.
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 .