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Histamenon - Constantine X Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 1059-1067 |
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| Value | Histamenon (1) |
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| Reverse description | The emperor Constantine X Doukas (Ducas) depicted standing facing in full-length, bearded, and robed in imperial loros and crown. He stands upon a low jewelled footstool and holds in his right hand a long labarum staff, the shaft adorned with a pellet, and in his left hand a globus cruciger surmounted by a cross. The composition follows established Byzantine imperial iconographic tradition, presenting the emperor as the earthly counterpart to the divine image on the obverse. A Greek legend in the field identifies the emperor by name and title. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | +KWN RACL` O DOVKAC (Translation: `Constantinus Ducas`.) |
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