CONSTANTINUS VII WITH ROMANUS II
Solidus 945-946.
Obv.+ IhS XRS RЄX RЄÇNANTIЧM Nimbate figure of Christ seated facing on high backed throne with curved arms decorated with pearls. He is wearing pallium and colobium; r. hand raised in benediction, Book of Gospels in left.
Rev.: COnSTAnT CE ROmAn AVGG b R Crowned busts of Constantinus VII. u. Romanus II., both holding a patriarchal cross between them. Constantinus in loros, Romanus in loros.
Sear 1750. DOC 14. Füeg, Nomismata 14.4.
4.39 g. Graffito on rev. Good very fine.
Purchased from Baldwin's Lodon in May 1991.