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⅓ Miliaresion - Romanus IV Diogenes
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1068-1071 |
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| Value | ⅓ Miliaresion (1⁄36) |
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| Obverse lettering | M/ΘK-Θ/RΘ |
| Reverse description | Facing bust of Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes, crowned and nimbate, depicted in imperial military attire with a jewelled loros draped across the torso. The emperor holds a long sceptre or labarum in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. The legend PωM to the right of the bust identifies the emperor. The portrait is rendered in the formal frontal style characteristic of mid-Byzantine imperial coinage, with stylized facial features and dotted decorative detailing on the imperial regalia. |
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Romanus IV's reign lasted just three years before the catastrophic defeat at Manzikert in 1071, where he was captured by Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan — the first time a sitting Byzantine emperor had been taken prisoner in centuries. The political fallout was swift: Romanus was ransomed, deposed, blinded, and dead within a year. Coinage attributable specifically to his reign is correspondingly scarce, and the fractional silver denominations see far less attention in collections than the more glamorous gold.