BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Constantine X and Eudocia AD 1059-1067.AE.Follis. Mint of CONSTANTINOPLE. ( 11.44g, 26.7mm, 7h ) (+EMMA-NOVHΛ, IC - XC ), standing figure Christ cross nimbus behind holding book of gospels. Reverse.(+ KWN T ΔΚ ΕVΔΚ ΑVΓΟ ), Standing imperial figure, Constantine left and Eudocia right, holding between them labarum on three steps. Ref:Sear 1853. Good fine / very fine, die shift both sides. . This coin served as the model for the sole issue (copper dirhem ) struck by the Zengid Atabeg of Aleppo Nur al-din Mahmud ibn Zengi ( 541-569H, AD 1146-1174) the same images were depicted on his coinage but with Arabic legends and garbled Greek letters. |