$78 · 945 year old Byzantine artifact

For sale from private collection this beautiful bronze Byzantine coin Struck for Nicephorus III Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates, was Byzantine Emperor from 7 January 1078 to 1 April 1081. He was born in 1002, and became a general during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, serving in the Pecheneg revolt of 1048–1053. Size 24 mm Constantinople mint, struck 1078-1081 AD. IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, right hand raised and holding Gospels. Rev. Latin cross with X at centre, globe and two dots at the ends of each arm, crescent at top left and right, floral ornaments at lower left and right. HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER ADS FOR MORE