Byzantine Empire, gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantine X

1059-1067 AD, Constantinople

Byzantine Empire, gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantine X
Byzantine Empire, gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantine X
Byzantine Empire, gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantine X
Byzantine Empire, gold Histamenon Nomisma, Constantine X
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Article code23-3002
AU Gold Histamenon Nomisma, struck Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Constantine X (1059-1067)

Obverse: : +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ nimbate, seated facing on square-backed throne,
Reverse: +KⲰm RAC Λ O ΔOVKAC, Constantine standing facing, holding globus cruciger and labarum.

Diameter: ± 26,8 mm maximum
Weight: ± 4,42 g

Very fine
Ref: 6h (Sear 1847; DO 1a)
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Constantine X Doukas (or Ducas), Byzantine Emperor from 1059-1067 AD and founder of the Doukid Dynasty. Constantine X's reign faced significant challenges and failed to halt the empire's decline.
He reduced the army and neglected the frontier defenses at a time when the Seljuk Turks were pressing into the eastern provinces and the Normans in Italy were conquering the last remnants of the Byzantine territories.

Histamenon: concave (scyphate) Byzantine gold coin. It featured an image of the reigning emperor on one side and typically a depiction of Christ on the other side, emphasizing the Byzantine Empire's connection between secular and religious authority.

Features and Specifications

Period Byzantine
Category Coins
Material Gold
Country Byzantine Empire

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