Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II (945-963). AV Solidus (Gold, 4.43g, 20mm) Constantinople, 950-955.
Obv: + IhS XPS RЄX RЄΣNANTIЧM +, facing half-length bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left
Rev: CONSTANT CЄ ROMAn' AЧΣΣ b' R', crowned facing busts of Constantine VII (on left), wearing mustache, short beard and loros, and Romanus II (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at center neckline, both holding patriarchal cross between them.
Ref: Sear 1751.