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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 924, AV 4.35g.

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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 924, AV 4.35g.
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The Byzantine Empire. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913 – 959, with Romanus I Lacapenus, 920 – 944, and colleagues from 921. Solidus 924, AV 4.35 g. + KEbOHQEI – ROM – An& dECPOTH Romanus, standing facing, wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ, also standing facing, wearing pallium and colobium and holding Book of Gospels in l. hand. Rev. XPISTOF’ETCONST’AYGG’b’ Facing busts of Christopher, on l., wearing loros, and, Constantine VII, smaller and beardless on r., wearing chlamys; both with short beards and crowned, holding between them a long patriarchal cross. DO 5. Sear 1744. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Ex Triton IV, 2000, 830 and Goldberg 26 May 2009, Christov, 2265 sales.