Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913-959. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 5.49 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 944-959. + COҺST ЬASIL RωM Crowned bust of Constantine facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia. Rev. + COҺST / EҺ ӨEO ЬA/SILEVS R/OMEOҺ in four lines. DOC 26. SB 1761 (see note). Dark brown patina. A particularly attractive and academically important example, overstruck on a follis of Romanus I Lecapenus minted in Constantinople at 920-944, SB 1760. Good very fine.