Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (AD 913-959). AV solidus (20mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 2/5, edge scuff. Constantinople, AD 945. +IhS XPS RЄX RЄϚNANTIЧM, half-length bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with three pellets in each limb, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; single border / COҺStAҺ-t AVt CRAt' b' R', bust of Constantine VII facing, wearing crown with pendilia and loros with jeweled collar, globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in right hand; dotted border. Sear 1747. Carefully struck from highly detailed dies on satiny flan. An attractive example of this rare type and the first we have had the pleasure of offering.

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