Two Very Rare Solidi of // Constantine VII, Romanus I and Christopher

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 858. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AV Solidus (4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 921. +kE bOHQEI ROmAnw dECPOTH, Romanus I standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand, extending left hand to Christ standing facing, laying right hand of blessing on Romanus and holding Gospels in left / COnSTAnT’ ET XPISTOF’ b’ R’, crowned half-length facing busts of Constantine VII, wearing loros, and Christopher, wearing chlamys, holding between them a long patriarchal cross. DOC III 6; SB 1743. Near EF. Very rare.