Lot 3301

Description

Constantine VII and Romanus II, (A.D.913-959), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued from A.D. 945, (4.400 grams), obv. Christ facing bust wearing nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, also holding Gospels, around + IhS XPS REX REgNANTIUm around, rev. traces of CONSTANT CE ROMAN AVGG bR around, facing busts of Constantine VII wearing loros on left and Romanus II wearing chlamys on right, both crowned, between them long patriarchal cross, (S.1751, R.1905, DOC 15, BMC 60-63, R.1905). Good very fine and scarce.

Ex I.S. Wright, Ballarat Auction Sale 97, June 1995 (where it is described in error as Nicephorus II).