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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II, AV Solidus, 945-959, Constantinople

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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II, AV Solidus, 945-959, Constantinople
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II, AV Solidus, 945-959, Constantinople
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Facing busts of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, three pellets in each limb of cross, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left
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Facing busts of Constantine VII, with short beard on left and wearing loros, and Romanus II, beardless on right and wearing chlamys, each wearing crown, holding long patriarchal cross between them
19mm x 20mm, 4.37g
SB 1751; DO 15 (Class XV); CBN 15-22; Wroth (BMC) 60-63 and 65-6; Ratto 1905

Grade: aEF, some light marks