bby_675195 - CONSTANTINE X DUCAS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 1059-1067
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,30 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC -XC/ EMMA - NOUHA.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ nimbé de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles des deux mains.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste de Constantin X de face couronné, vêtu du loros tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : + Kw-N RASI-LEUS ODOUK
Reverse translation : (Constantin roi Ducas).
Commentary
Seule représentation de Constantin X en buste.
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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