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Alc

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Byzantine coin 3
« on: March 24, 2015, 01:12:30 pm »
Hello all,

Can anyone help me identify this Byzantine coin?
It weights 5.06 grams and has a diameter of 27mm.

Thank you in advance.

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Offline elgitano

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Re: Byzantine coin 3
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2015, 03:02:35 pm »
Hi

It looks like a Constantine X Ducas follis, similar to this one:



Constantine X Ducas, AE Follis, 1059-1067, Constantinople. +EMMA NOVHA, IC-XC across fields, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallius and collobium, holding book of gospels and raising right hand / +KwN RACILEVC O DOVK, crowned bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros, cross in right hand, akakia in left. DO 9; SB 1854.(wildwinds),

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