1059 Constantine X Eudocia Christ Byzantine Follis NGC VF Pedigree (19042701C)

Description

Constantine X Ducas & Eudocia, Byzantine Emperor & Empress ruled 1059-1067 CE, AE
follis, 10.68g, Constantinople mint,
Sear 1853.
Certified by NGC to VF.
Pedigree: Ex. Empire Coins Auction #7, 5/2/87, Lot 789 (Ex. Gordon Dickie Collection with his notes).
Obverse:
Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and holding book of Gospels with both hands, in field IC & XC
.
Reverse: Eudocia on left and Constantine, bearded on right standing facing, holding between them labarum with cross on shaft, resting on three steps, each wearing crown and loros
.
Eudocia is featured on Byzantine coinage as wife of Constantine X, as regent for her sons Michael VII and Constantius, and finally as wife of Romanus IV
.