Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1665. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003. Sold For $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CONSTANTINE VII with ROMANUS I. 913-959 AD. AV Solidus (4.38 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 945 AD. Facing bust of Christ / Crowned facing busts of Constantine and Romanus, holding long patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 14; SB 1750. Good VF. Scarce. ($400)
From the Charles E. Weber Collection.
Constantine continued to employ dies with Romanus' image even though he died in 944.