Byzantine Empire Lot of 3x Follis including Constantine X & Basil II and Constantine VIII. (No reserve price)

Byzantine Empire.
Lot of 3x Follis including Constantine X & Basil II and Constantine VIII.

Item details:

— Constantine X Ducas (1059–1067 AD). Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.9 g).
Obv: + ЄMMANOVHΛ (God is with us). Bust of Christ facing, wearing cruciform nimbus, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right; XC.
Rev: + ΚωΝ ΒΑCIΛЄVC O ΔOVK (Constantine Doukas, emperor). Bust facing, bearded, wearing crown and loros, and holding cross and akakia.
Reference: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, type 1854.

— Anonymous, attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1028 AD). Follis (Bronze, 25 mm, 11.4 g).
Obv: + ЄMMANOVHΛ (God is with us). Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallilum and colobium, and holding book of Gospels (the cover variously ornamented) with both hands; to left, IC; to right, XC.
Rev: + IhSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILEЧ / bASILЄ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings) in four lines; ornaments of varying form above and beneath.
Reference: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, type 1812.

— Constantine X Ducas (1059–1067 AD). Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 7 g).
Obv: + ЄMMANOVHΛ (God is with us). Christ standing, facing on footstool, wearing cruciform nimbus, pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to left, IC; to right; XC.
Rev: + ΚωΝ ΒΑCIΛЄVC O ΔOVK (Constantine Doukas, emperor). Eudocia on left and Constantine, bearded on right standing, facing, holding between them labarum, with cross on shaft, resting on three steps; each wears crown and loros.
Reference: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, type 1853.

These folles span the empire’s passage from the formidable reign of Basil II and the succession of Constantine VIII to the Ducas era. Basil’s victories expanded imperial power, while Constantine X favored the civil aristocracy and reduced military expenditure as frontier pressures mounted. The shift from anonymous proclamations of Christ as sovereign to portraits of Constantine and Eudocia shows sacred authority being joined to dynastic rule.

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