Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1291. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 945-959. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing busts of Constantine and Romanus, both holding patriarchal cross between them; end of legend blundered. DOC 15.22; SB 1751 var. (rev. legend). EF, minor deposit on reverse.