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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2137. Estimate $1500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. 
Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 945. Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; throne has pearl-ornamented curved arms / Romanus II and Constantine VII, each wearing crown topped with cross and holding globus cruciger, standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. Cf. DOC III 10 (Constantine VII and Romanus I); BN 12-13; SB 1749. Good VF, obverse struck with worn die.



From the Marc Poncin Collection.