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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Comnen Dynasty| > |Romanus IV| > BZ99042
Byzantine Empire, Romanus IV Diogenes, 1 January 1068 - 19 August 1071
|Romanus| |IV|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Romanus| |IV| |Diogenes,| |1| |January| |1068| |-| |19| |August| |1071|, In modern usage, the term despot means a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. The original Greek term meant simply "lord" and was the Greek equivalent to the Latin dominus. Despotes was initially used as a form of address indicating respect. As such, it was applied to any person of rank, but in a more specific sense to God, bishops and the patriarchs, and primarily the Roman and Byzantine Emperors.
BZ99042. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 8, Morrisson BnF 53/Cp/AE/01, Wroth BMC 9 ff., Ratto 2030, Sommer 54.4, SBCV 1866, VF, dark patina, overstruck, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.166g, maximum diameter 25.9mm, die axis 180o, 1 Jan 1068 - 19 Aug 1071; obverse bust of Jesus Christ, dotted cross behind, wearing tunic and himation, right hand raised in benediction, left hand holds the Gospels , IC - XC / NI-KA (Jesus Christ Conquers) flanking Christ's head; reverse Latin cross with X at center, one large and two small pellets at end of each arm, C R P Δ (Greek abbreviation: ΣTAYPΕ BOΗΘΕI PΩMANΩ ΔΕΣΠOTΗ - May the cross protect the despot Romanus) in the angles; from a Las Vegas dealer; SOLD




  







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