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| 表面の説明 | Frontal facing bust of Emperor Nicephorus I, shown from the waist up, wearing a crown surmounted by a pendilia and imperial loros draped across the torso. The emperor holds a patriarchal cross sceptre in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left, emblematic of Byzantine imperial iconography. The facial features are rendered in the rigid, hieratic style characteristic of late eighth- and early ninth-century Sicilian mint production. A beaded inner border frames the design, with the abbreviated imperial legend disposed around the periphery of the field. |
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| 表面の銘文 | ҺICIFOROS ЬAS (Translation: Nicephorus King) |
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Nicephorus I came to power by overthrowing Empress Irene in October 802, and Syracuse was among the first mints to strike in his name — a logistical priority given the city's role supplying Byzantine forces in the western Mediterranean. The reign ended badly: Nicephorus was killed at the Battle of Pliska in 811, the first Byzantine emperor slain in combat since Valens at Adrianople in 378, and his skull was reportedly lined with silver and used as a drinking cup by the Bulgarian khan Krum.
Syracuse solidi of this type are considerably scarcer than Constantinople issues, with DOC recording only a handful of specimens.