Follis
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Title
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Follis
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Description
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Follis coin, round of copper and about 27 mm in diameter from the reign of Constantine X, Ducas and Eudocia (empress). Obverse features a front facing Christ standing on a footstool with nimbus cruciger (halo with cross), holding book of Gospels in both hands. In field to left: ι¯с (Ιέσυς – Jesus), in field to right: x¯с (χριστος – Christos or Christ); Legend says: ЄΜΜΑΝΟVΗΛ ( Emmanuel- God is with us). On reverse is Eudocia on left, Constnatine on right, front facing, each wearing a crown and loros and holding between them a labarum (banner, flag or standard) mounted on three steps and with a cross on the shaft ; Legend says: ΕVΔΚ (eudoc – eudocia), rest of legend is not visible.
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Identifier
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2008.036.036
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Subject
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Numismatics
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Provenance
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William and Catherine Sell
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Date Created
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1059-1067