Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II, 913-959. Solidus (Gold, 19mm, 4.44 g 6), Constantinople, 945-959. +IhS XPS REX RE— NANTIY M Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator, wearing tunic, himation and a cross nimbus with three pellets in the arms, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospel book in his left. Rev. COnSTAnT CE ROmAn AUgg bR’ Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, bearded and wearing loros on the left, and Romanus I, beardless and wearing chlamys on the right; both holding, between them with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 15. SB 1751. Well-struck and attractive. Extremely fine.

From the Stoecklin Collection, acquired in 1971 from Peus in Frankfurt.