Nicephorus I and Stauracius | AE FollisReference: SB 1607
Date: 802-811 CE
Obverse: No legend. Crowned and draped facing busts of Nicephorus and Stauracius, cross above
Reverse: Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A below
Mint: Constantinople
Size: 23.5 mm
Weight: 3.95 grams
A rare bronze issue from the early 9th century.
During the period that this coin was struck, the Roman Empire was
struggling to consolidate its position in the new "world order".
Nicephorus I was did not support the iconoclasm and ultimately provided
the iconoclasts ammunition with his inconclusive campaigns against the
Arbas in theeast and the Bulgarians in the west. Nicephorus I fell in
the Battle of Pliska against the Bulgarians leaving his son, Stauracius,
sole emperor. Stauracius was the shortest-lived Byzantine ruler, only
reigning on his own for 68 days from July 26 until October 2, 811 CE.
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