The Byzantine Empire
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 6 June 913 – 9 November 959, with colleagues from 914. Solidus circa 949–959, AV 4.39 g. Facing bust of Christ, nimbus with three pellets in each limb, wearing pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in l. Rev. Facing busts of Constantine, with short beard, on l., wearing crown and loros, and Romanus II, beardless, on r., wearing crown and chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them. DO 15. Sear 1751.
About extremely fine
Ex Lanz sale 125, 2005, 1223.