Period
Byzantine
Person
Constantine X, Byzantine emperor, 1059-1067, Eudokia, Byzantine empress, 1059-1067
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
histamenon
Dating
1059-1067
Obverse
?, Christ, bearded and nimbate, sitting on throne with lyre-shaped back, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left holds Gospel-book on knee
Reverse
[ ]ΔOUK[ ], M Θ, Full-length figures of emperor and the Virgin. Emperor wears crown with cross and pendilia, imperial tunic, collar-piece, and loros, and holds globus cruciger in left hand; the Virgin is nimbate, wears tunic and maphorion, and crowns emperor with right hand