Herakles NICEPHORUS III Cross w/Star of 8Rays $35.00 May-09-01 Seller herakles_inc Byzantine. Nicephorus III. A.D. 1078-1081. AE Follis 6.501 grams. Struck in Constantinople. Obverse: Three-quarter length figure of Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l hand, book of Gospels; in field l., IC over large star; in field r., XC over large star. Reverse: Cross, with globule at each extremity; at centre, circle containing star of eight rays. Sear 1888. R 2053. About Very Fine. Herakles Numismatics, Inc.