bby_497655 - ROMANUS IV DIOGENES Follis
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1071-1078
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
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).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste nimbé de la Vierge de face, vêtus du pallium et du maphorium, les mains tendues.
Reverse legend : MTR - QU
Commentary
Poids très léger. Avec les bustes de Jésus Christ au droit et de la Vierge Marie au revers, ce follis peut être considéré comme un talisman.
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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