Byzantine Empire, Constantine X Ducas, 25 December 1059 - 21 May 1067 A.D. BZ116902. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 9, SBCV 1854, Sommer 52.7, Wroth BMC 32, Morrisson BnF 31, Ratto 2018, F, green patina, ragged edge, flat strike, obv. slightly off center, 11.135g, 30.3mm, 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew: God is with us), bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihσoúς Xpiσtóς - Jesus Christ) flanking across field; reverse +KWN RACIΛEVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X bust facing, bearded, wearing crown and loros, cross in right hand, akakia in left hand In 1066, Duke William of Normandy led the Norman conquest of England. |