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Romanus I Lecapenus (AD 920-944), with Christopher. AV solidus (21mm, 4.32 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, ca. AD 923-931. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚnAnTIЧM*, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / ROmAn' ЄT XPISTOFO' AЧΣΣ' b', crowned facing busts of Romanus I (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Christopher (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globular base between them. Sear 1745. Well struck on satiny flan with underlying luster.
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Romanus I Lecapenus (AD 920-944), with Christopher. AV solidus (21mm, 4.32 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, ca. AD 923-931. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚnAnTIЧM*, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / ROmAn' ЄT XPISTOFO' AЧΣΣ' b', crowned facing busts of Romanus I (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Christopher (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globular base between them. Sear 1745. Well struck on satiny flan with underlying luster.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-romanus-i-lecapenus-ad-920-944-with-christopher-av-solidus-21mm-432-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-4-5/a/3094-34319.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD