Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I, 913-959. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.31 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 945-959. +IҺS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. COҺSTAҺT CЄ ROmAҺ AЧςς b R Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, bearded and wearing loros on the left, and Romanus II, beardless and wearing chlamys on the right; both holding, between them with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 15. SB 1751. Light graffiti on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From a collection formed in the Rhineland from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, acquired from Münzhandlung Ritter (with original dealer's ticket).