177, Lot: 219. Estimate $300. Sold for $501. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Christ enthroned facing, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand / Half-length crowned facing busts of Romanus and Christopher, holding a long cross between them; Romanus on left, wearing loros; Christopher on right, wearing chlamys. DOC 7; SB 1745. Near VF, slight clip scratch through nose on obverse, some field scratches, rough surfaces.

Ex H.D. Rauch 62, Lot 354.