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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8215203, member: 87200&quot;]It was a good year for Byzantium in my collection, and I did pick up a 10th century miliaresion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher, 913-959. Miliaresion. Constantine was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor Emperor Alexander. He was known as a scholar and the epithet &quot;born in the purple&quot; refers to his birthplace in the Imperial chamber adorned with the purple stone porphyry. Much of his reign was covered by regencies, first under his mother and later under Romanus I.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(AR, 25 mm, 3.15 g, 12 h), Constantinople. IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA Cross potent set on three steps; below, globe. Rev. +ROmAҺO&#039; / XPISTOFOR&#039; / CЄ COҺSTAҺ&#039; / ЄҺ X&#039;ω ЄVSЄ/b&#039; bASIL&#039; R&#039; in five lines. DOC 18. SB 1754.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinevii-jpg.1262652/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Second one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine X Ducas, 1059-1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the short-lived Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy while in the Balkans the Hungarians occupied Belgrade. He also suffered defeats by the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan. Somewhat unhealthy throughout his reign, he died in 1067 at the age of 61.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AV Histamenon Nomisma. (AV, 28 mm, 4.41 g, 5 h), Constantinople. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTҺIm Christ, nimbate, seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. +KωN RAC Λ O ΔOVKAC Constantine X standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 1a. SB 1847.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinex-jpg.1262653/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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