Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1769. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, with ROMANUS II. 913-959 AD. AV Solidus (4.43 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 945 AD. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Constantine, with short beard and loros, and Romanus, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 14; SB 1750. VF. Rare. ($400)