Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II (AD 945-963). AV solidus (19mm, 4.42 gm, 7h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, scuffs. Constantinople, AD 950-955. + 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 / COhStAht CЄ ROmAh AЧϚϚ B R, crowned facing busts of Constantine VII (on left), bearded, wearing loros, and Romanus II (on right), wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globular terminus between them. Sear 1751. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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