Romanus I Lecapenus with Christopher (AD 921-931). AV solidus (21mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, light marks. Constantinople, ca. AD 923-931. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚnAnTIЧM*, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / ROmAn ЄT XPISTOFO AЧϚϚ b, crowned facing busts of Romanus I (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Christopher (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globular base between them. Sear 1745. Attractive example in hand. Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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