135, Lot: 347. Estimate $500. Sold for $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII, Porphyrogenitus, with ROMANUS I and CHRISTOPHER. 913-959 AD. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.31 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-931 AD. Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Romanus I and Christopher, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 7; SB 1745. Choice VF, some field scratches.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.