bby_952423 - ROMANUS IV DIOGENES Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 1071-1078
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC/ NI-KA.
Obverse description : Buste nimbé du Christ de face, vêtu du pallium et du colobium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ victorieux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : C - R.
Reverse description : Croix aux extrémités bouletées ornée d’une croisette en cœur.
Reverse legend : R - D
Historical background
ROMANUS IV DIOGENES
(1/01/1068-19/08/1071)
By dying on May 21, 1067, Constantin X Ducas left a wife, Eudocia, and three sons, Michael VII, Constance and Andronicus. Eudocia was regent from the end of May to the end of December 1067 and married Roman IV on January 1, 1068. Unfortunately, the Emperor was taken prisoner while fighting against the Turks in 1071. Eudocia was again regent for four months before going into exile. Michael ruled alone until 1078.
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