Watch List notes:

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-circa 923. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; star at end of legend / Crowned facing busts of Romanus and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 4; Füeg 4; SB 1746. Superb EF, struck on a compact flan, faint scuff in obverse field. Very rare.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Spink 121 (7 October 1997), lot 541.