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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 921-931, AV 4.42g.

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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 921-931, AV 4.42g.
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The Byzantine Empire. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913 – 959, with Romanus I Lacapenus, 920 – 944, and colleagues from 921. Solidus 921-931, AV 4.42 g. + IhS XPS REX REG§A§TIYMQ Christ enthroned facing, wearing pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in blessing and holding the Book of Gospels in l. Rev. RO¦A§’ eT XPIStOFO’ AYGGb Facing busts of Romanus, with short beard, on l., wearing loros, and Christopher, beardless, on r., wearing chlamys; both crowned, holding between them a long patriarchal cross. DO 7. Sear 1745. Extremely fine. Ex Lanz sale 125, 2005, 1222.