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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 931-944, AV 4.44g.

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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 931-944, AV 4.44g.
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The Byzantine Empire. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913 – 959, with Romanus I Lacapenus, 920 – 944, and colleagues from 921. Solidus 931-944, AV 4.44 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. + CONSTANTINOS CE R – OMAN’ENX’& b R Constantine VII, on r., wearing crown and loros, and Romanus II, on l., wearing crown and chlamys, standing facing; both holding a long patriarchal cross between them and a globus cruciger in their outer hand. DO 10.3. Sear 1749. Rare. Good very fine. Ex CNG sale 72, 2006, 2137. From the Marc Poncin collection.