Authentic Genuine Ancient (11th Century A.D., 950+ Years Old!) Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) Jesus Christ / Constantine X Ducas Portraits Large Bronze Follis Coin minted by the Emperor Constantine X, circa 1059-1067 A.D. Certificate of Authenticity Included.

The coin was minted in Constantinople. Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and collobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand, to left IC, to right XC. Reverse: Bust of Constantine X Ducas facing, bearded, wearing crown and loros and holding cross and akakia. Reference book: Sear 1854. Provenance: Savoca Coins Auction House (Munich, Germany).

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Approximately sixteen different types of these bronze coins were struck, all designed to honor Christ and all acknowledging the subservient role of the emperor. Virtually all of them feature a bearded bust of Christ that emerges from a cross-surrounded by a halo. The backs (reverses) of these coins display various designs and legends. The most common reverses are the four-line legend "Jesus Christ King of Kings" (IHSUS XRISTUS BASILEU BASILE) or the two-line legend "May Jesus Christ Conquer" (IC XC on the top left and top right sides of a cross, and NI- KA on the bottom left and right sides of a cross). These remarkable coins are known as "anonymous Byzantine folles" (folles is the plural of follis, the denomination of the c