Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 945-959. Good VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 953. Estimated: $ 750

Byzantine, Gold

Sold For $ 1 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 945-959. + IҺS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, three pellets in each arm of nimbus / COҺSτAҺτ´ CЄ ROMAN´ AЧϥϥ IR, crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Romanus, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 15.8; Füeg 15; SB 1751. Lightly clipped, usual minor doubling, some minor marks and die marks, a few minor scratches, some light deposits in devices. Good VF. A wonderful bust of Christ.

From the DMS Collection. Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries (30 October 2014), lot 365.


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Triton XXVI – Session Three – Lots 674-990 will be held Wednesday morning, 11 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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