Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1119. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, and ROMANUS I, Lecapenus. 913-959 AD. AV Solidus (4.39 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 920-921 AD. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM *, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / CONSTANT' CE ROMAN' AUGG' b', facing busts of Constantine VII, beardless, and Romanus I, with short beard, both wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 3; SB 1741. Good VF. ($750)