Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2138. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 945-959. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; nimbus with •• in cross arms / Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, wearing short beard and loros, and Romanus II, beardless and draped, each wearing crown topped with cross, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 15; SB 1751. Good VF.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.