271, Lot: 136. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-circa 923. + IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧM *, Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne; behind, cross within nimbus crown / ROmAn’ ЄT COnSτAnτ’ AЧςς’ Ь’, crowned facing busts of Romanus, wearing slight beard and loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys; patriarchal cross held between. DOC 4; Füeg 4; SB 1746. Choice EF, struck on a compact flan. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Spink 121 (7 October 1997), lot 541.