Unknown coin.. 24-26 mm .... 2 Guys and a cross???

[Lee S]

Hi Guys,
     I have another Byzantine coin for you which I picked up in a mixed batch and my neighbor has fallen in love with, so I promised I would try and get it ID'd before I gave it her...   any help much appreciated..

  Thanks as always!!

  Lee S.

 

[wileyc]

Constantine X AE follis SB 1853

Obverse; +EMMANOVHA. Christ stg. facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and holding book of Gospels with both hands, in field to l., IC to r., XC
Reverse: + KWN T AK EVAK AVTO or similar, Eudocia on l., Constantine bearded on r., stg. faing holding cross between them labarum with cross on shaft resting on three steps each wearing crown and loros.
Date1056-1067 CE
Mint: Constantinople
Sear 1853 DO 8

a couple others here with some other Constantine X coins.


https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=2965

cw

[Lee S]

Thank you very much Wileyc...

   While a little younger than my usual sphere of interest, there is something hauntingly beautiful about Byzantine coins....