Author/Authors :
ÜNAL, Ceren Celal Bayar Üniversitesi - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Sanat Tarihi Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
BYZANTINE EMPRESS EVDOKIA MAKREMBOLITISSA COPPER FOLLES OF KONSTANTINE X DOUKAS FROM KUVA-Yİ MİLLİYE MUSEUM and MANİSA MUSEUM
Abstract :
Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas was depicted with his wife, empress Evdokia Makrembolitissa on his copper coins which were struck on between 1059 to 1076 and classified in Folles, Class 1. This group of copper coins are rare examples of Byzantine coinage with the depiction of empress. Furthermore, Folles, Class 1 are interesting and special examples with a depiction of empress on left hand side from the spectator’s point of view which was very unusual hierarchical order in Byzantine coin iconography. In this paper, coins selected from Kuva-yi Milliye Museum and Manisa Museum and these unusual copper coins will be introduced.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Byzantine , coins , Follis , Evdokia Makrembolitissa , Kuva , yi Milliye Museum , Manisa Museum
JournalTitle :
Celal Bayar University Journal Of Social Sciences
