Watch List notes:

Romanus IV, Diogenes with Michael VII, Constantius & Andronicus 1068-1071, AV histamenon nomisma, Constantinople (4,28 g). Christ standing facing wearing nimbus with cross, pallium and colobium, crowning Romanus (on left) and Eudocia (on right), both holding globe with cross/Michael (in center), Constantius (on left) and Andronicus (on right) all standing facing Why did the Byzantines made scyphates (concave, cup-shaped coins)? We do not know. One theory is that they are more difficult to forge, another that they are easier to stack. The scyphates remained almost to the bitter end. Grade:1+/01