bby_237627 - CONSTANTINE X DUCAS Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 35.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1059-1067
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,13 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré à l’usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Importantes traces de surfrappe. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse legend : + EMMMANOVHA/ IC -XC.
Obverse description : Le buste du Christ de face, nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles dela main gauche et bénissant de la main droite.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + KWN RACIAEVC O DOUK.
Reverse description : Buste de face de Constantin X couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant la croix de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Souvent ce type de follis est surfrappé sur celui de Constantin X et d’Eudocie (BC. 1853).
Very light weight. Often this type of follis is over-struck on that of Constantine X and Eudocia (BC. 1853)
Very light weight. Often this type of follis is over-struck on that of Constantine X and Eudocia (BC. 1853)
Historical background
CONSTANTINE X DUCAS
(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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