Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1122. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, and ROMANUS II. 945 AD. AV Solidus (4.42 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 945-959AD. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, nimbate (three pellets in arms of cross) facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / +CONSTANT CE ROMAN UGG IR, crowned facing busts of Constantine, with short beard and loros, and Romanus, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 15; SB 1751. EF. ($500)