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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/20/2016 8:48 pm I also picked up this AE Follis of the Byzantine emperor Constantine X Really not much to say about this emperor he really din't do much for the empire and towards the end of his reign was not very popular Byzantine Empire AE Follis Constantine X Ducas 1059-1067 This coin was restruck over an earlier one. Obverse: Christ Standing Reverse: Constantine X and second wife Eudocia. Constantinople mint 29mm x 7.81 grams x 6h Reference: SB 1853 Report this Post to the Staff

arnoldoe Valued Member Canada 266 Posts	Posted 02/20/2016 11:58 pm Nice, I just have a Michael VII follis over struck on one of those.. Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 02/21/2016 1:32 pm I've got a Gold Histamenon of this Emperor: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201526044....m1555.l2649 It has some ancient graffiti in the reverse borders, one of which appears to be Arabic. Hardly surprising when this type of coin was traded around the region beyond the frontiers of the Empire, regardless of the Iconography used. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4970 Posts	Posted 02/21/2016 7:28 pm taht's a solid example of the type ski, and dang masis that is a beauty. here are a couple constantine x coins I picked up recently...wasn't trying to get them, they came in a lot along with some coins I was trying to get. Constantine X Ducas. 1059-1067. AE Follis O: Facing bust of Christ, R:Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding cross and akakia. Constantinople mint, SB 1854, overstuck on unknown type. 27 mm, 6.0 g. Anonymous Class E Bronze Follis (Constantine X: 1059 -1067 A.D.) O: Christ, R: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL, Sear 1855, 25 mm, 8.1 g Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 02/21/2016 8:27 pm Echizento's coin appears to have been overstruck on a Class D anonymous follis, rotated at nearly 90 degrees; the "ladder" behind Christ is the remnant of the lower "BASIL". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/21/2016 8:44 pm It almost looked like it might of been a counter mark especially how a portion of the nimbus was cut off in a straight line. But as it was pointed out on another board, if it was his elbow would have also been lost but it remains. It appears that the strike wasn't hard enough to remove the remains of the older coin. I find these over stuck coins interesting because in a sense if you can Identify the older coin as in this case you get two coins for the price of one. Report this Post to the Staff
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