Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1765. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $710. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, with ROMANUS I. 913-959 AD. AV Solidus (4.40 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 921 AD. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with * / Crowned facing busts of Romanus I, with short beard and loros, and Constantine VII, beardless and wearing chalmys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 4; SB 1746. Good VF, slight marks in fields. ($300)