Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (AD 913-959), with Romanus I Lecapenus. AV solidus (19mm, 4.33 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, edge scuff. Constantinople, ca. AD 921-923. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚNANTIЧM*, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with single pellet in each arm, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left / ROmAn' ЄT COhSTAhT' AЧϚϚ' Ь', facing busts of Romanus I (on left), with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and Constantine VII (on right), beardless, wearing crown and chlamys pinned at right shoulder; jointly holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1746. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 204 (5 Mar 2012), lot 2805

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