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Constantine VII and Romanus II. Histamenon.
913-959 AD. Histamenon, 4.36g (7h). Constantinople, 945-959 AD. Obv: +IhS XPS REX REςNANTIum Facing bust of Christ wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, and holding book of Gospels in left hand. Rx: Legend blundered. Facing busts of Constantine VII on left and Romanus II on right. Constantine VII wears loros and a crown with cross atop. Romanus II wears chlamys and crown with cross atop. Between them they hold a long patriarchal cross. Berk 278. DOC III 15. Sear 1751. Ex Berk 167, 3 December 2009, lot 46. EF.
913-959 AD. Histamenon, 4.36g (7h). Constantinople, 945-959 AD. Obv: +IhS XPS REX REςNANTIum Facing bust of Christ wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, and holding book of Gospels in left hand. Rx: Legend blundered. Facing busts of Constantine VII on left and Romanus II on right. Constantine VII wears loros and a crown with cross atop. Romanus II wears chlamys and crown with cross atop. Between them they hold a long patriarchal cross. Berk 278. DOC III 15. Sear 1751. Ex Berk 167, 3 December 2009, lot 46. EF.