Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher, 913-959. Solidus (Gold, 18 mm, 3.62 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +IhS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧM✱ Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. ROmAҺ' ЄT XPISTOFO' AЧG b' Crowned facing busts of Romanus I, with short beard on the left and wearing loros, and Christopher, beardless on the right and wearing chlamys, holding, with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 7. SB 1745. Clipped and with a graffito on the obverse, otherwise, about very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Price realized | 460 CHF |
Starting price | 50 CHF |