Byzantine Empire (491-1204)
Romanus II. Gold Solidus (4.12 g), 959-963. Constantinople, 959. + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIVM, bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; nimbus with three pellets in arms of cross. Reverse: Illegible (recut), Crowned busts of Constantine VII, with short beard, and Romanus II, beardless, holding patriarchal cross between them. F. Füeg, "Vom Umgang mit Zufall und Wahrscheinlichkeit in der Numismatischen Forschung," MI