Byzantine Coins
CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS with ROMANUS II (913-959). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople. (4.38 g. 19 mm. )
Obv: + IҺS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM.
Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; three pellets at edge of each arm of nimbus cross.
Rev: + COҺSTAҺT CЄ ROMAҺ AЧGG Ь R.
Facing busts of Basil and Constantine and Romanus, holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1751.