bby_245787 - CONSTANTINE X DUCAS and EUDOCIA Follis
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Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 1059-1067
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,13 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan mince et irrégulier à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé. Importantes traces de surfrappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC -XC. LÉGENDE SURFRAPPÉE.
Obverse description : Le Christ en pied debout de face sur une estrade, nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles des deux mains.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE.
Reverse description : Eudocie et Constantin debout de face, couronnés et vêtus du loros tenant ensemble le labarum orné de la croix posé sur trois degrés.
Reverse legend : +KwN - EUDK AUGO
Reverse translation : (Constantin despote Eudocie augusta).
Commentary
Poids léger. Surfrappé sur un follis anonyme.
Lightweight. Over-hit on an anonymous follies
Lightweight. Over-hit on an anonymous follies
Historical background
CONSTANTINE X DUCAS and EUDOCIA
(25/12/1059-21/05/1067)
Constantine X succeeded Isaac I Comnenus who had been deposed. Constantine's wife, Eudocia, is the niece of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Constantin must face a triple danger: the Normans in Sicily, the Uzes (Turkish tribe) in the Balkans and the Seljuks in Asia Minor. On his death, his wife succeeded him, ensuring the regency for his sons Michael VII and Constantine. The Empire faces a grave crisis.
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