913 AD - 959 AD

Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus & Romanus I Lecapenus
Constantinopolis
Κωνσταντίνος Z' Πορφυρογέννητος &  Ρωμανός Α' Λεκαπηνός
Κωνσταντινούπολις
Solidus AV 20
 SHH 733

733 Constanrtinus VII & Romanus I Constantinopolis Solidus AV

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 4.29 g   19.7-20.5 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
+IhS XPS REX REGhAhTIYM clockwise around  Christ enthroned facing,
wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium and raising right hand in benediction;
in left hand book of gospels.
ROMAN' ET XPI / STOFO['] AYGG b,; clockwise around facing busts of Romanus I
with short beard on left and Christophorus, beardless, on right both crowned,
holding between them long patriarchal cross, Romanus wears loros,
whilst his son is clad in chlamys.
Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC 35/38 ; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 7 ; Sear Byzantine 1745