E-auction 604-575682 - CONSTANTINE X DUCAS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 1059-1067
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré, de forme irrégulière. Usure très importante. Patine marron-vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le buste du Christ avec le nimbe crucigère de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IS XC/ BASILE/ BASIL’.
Reverse description : Légende en trois lignes entre une croisette et un croissant.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Follis anonyme.
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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