Byzantine Empire AE Follis (Romanus III) 028-1034 AD 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6554117
Area
Coins
Title
Byzantine Empire AE Follis (Romanus III) 028-1034 AD
Country
Byzantine Empire
Face value
40 nummi (1 follis)
Year
1028
Variety / overstrike
Era
Byzantine Empire - Macedonian Dynasty (867–1056)
Head of State
Romanus III van het Byzantijnse Rijk (1028-1034)
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
Material
Copper (Cu)
Weight
8.2
Diameter
27
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Irregular / Other
Obverse
IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Reverse
IC-XC (Christ facing with nimbate cross)
Edge
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None (Istanbul/Constantinople/Konstantiniyye/Qustantiniyah)
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Sear BCV 1813; SB1823
Details
Romanus III was prefect of Constantinople when the dying emperor, Constantine VIII, forced him to marry his daughter Zoe become his successor. Though eager to make his mark as a ruler, he was unable to relieve the tax pressure or cut expenditure on the Constantinople churches. In 1030 he led a large army against the Muslim Aleppo, but he was defeated. His death by drowning was supposed to have been caused by Empress Zoe, who had turned her attentions to her eunuch Michael (who became the next emperor, Michael IV)