CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS WITH ROMANUS GOLD SOLIDUS
DOC 15, Sear 1751, About Extremely Fine, 20.3mm, 4.39 grams, Struck Circa. 945 - 959 C.E., Constantinople Mint
Obverse: + IhS XPS RЄX RЄϚNANTIЧM+ around half length bust of Jesus facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with three pellets in each limb, pallium and colobium, his right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left
Reverse: Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII on left, bearded, wearing loros, and Romanus II on right, wearing chlamys,holding patriarchal cross between them, COhStAht CЄ ROmAh AЧϚϚ B R
A nicely detailed later Byzantine Gold Solidus!
Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Sale 126, Oct. 14, 2003, Lot #2965
