bby_848634 - CONSTANTINE X DUCAS Histamenon nomisma
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Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: 1059-1067
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très beau Christ, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX - REGNANTIHM.
Obverse description : Le Christ avec le nimbe crucigère trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche ; double grènetis.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des Rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +KWN RAC L - O DOUKAC.
Reverse description : Constantin debout de face sur un piédestal, couronné, vêtu du saccos et du loros, tenant de la main droite le labarum orné d'un globe et de la main gauche, le globe crucigère ; double grènetis.
Reverse translation : (Constantin Doukas).
Commentary
Scyphate.
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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