1 Miliaresion, Byzantine Empire, 963 - 969
date: label: date made
content: 963 - 969
label: period of administration
content: 963 - 969
name: label: head of government
content: Nicephorus II Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Nicephorus II Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) miliaresion coin, Nicephorus II Phocus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 963 - 969
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Cross crosslet on globus above two steps; at the center is a medallion of four lobes containing facing bust of Nicephorus with short beard, wearing crown and loros and dividing the inscriptions N / I -- C / F ; the whole is surrounded by a triple border ornamented with eight equally spaced globules.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IhSUS / XRISTUS / NICA / NI / CF
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: five lines of text with a cross comprised of pellets above and below; surrounded by a triple border ornamented with eight equally spaced globules.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: NICHF / EN XW AVTO / CRAT EVSEb / bASILEVS / RWMAIW
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
label: associated place
content: Byzantine Empire
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.66.18968
label: accession number
content: 267854
label: catalog number
content: 66.18968
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 mm x 22.6 mm; in x 7/8 in