913 AD - 959 AD

Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus & Romanus I Lecapenus
Constantinopolis
Κωνσταντίνος Z' Πορφυρογέννητος &  Ρωμανός Α' Λεκαπηνός
Κωνσταντινούπολις
Solidus AV 20
 SHH  697

697 Constanrtinus VII & Romanus I Constantinopolis Solidus AV

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Reference
 4.33 g   20.1-20.8 mm   6:00 o'clock   EF
Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and collobium;
right hand raised in benediction; in left hand book of gospels;
+IhS XPS REX REGhAhTIUM clockwise around; border of dots.
Facing busts of Constantine VII and Romanus II, holding patriarchal cross;
the former taller, bearded and wearing loros, the latter, youthful and wearing a chlamys;
COhSTANT' CE ROMAh' AUGG I R clockwise around; border of dots.
 Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC 9; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 15; Ratto ---; Sear Byzantine 1750