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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 949-959, AV 4.38g.

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Byzantine Emp. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Solidus 949-959, AV 4.38g.
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The Byzantine Empire. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913 – 959, with Romanus I Lacapenus, 920 – 944, and colleagues from 921. Solidus 949-959, AV 4.38 g. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIVM Bust of Christ facing, nimbus with three pellets in each limb, wearing pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in blessing and holding the Book of Gospels in l. Rev. CONSTANT CE ROMAN AVGG IA Facing bust of Constantine, with short beard, on l., wearing crown and loros, and beardless Romanus II, on r., wearing crown and chlamys, holding a long patriarchal cross between them. DO 15. Sear 1751. Extremely fine