Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII (913-959) and Romanus I (920-944), AV Solidus

Description

Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII (913-959) and Romanus I (920-944), AV Solidus, + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIYM, legend bungled, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus, cruciger with three pellets in each limb of cross, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, rev. COnSTAnT CE ROMAn AYGG b R’, facing busts of Constantine VII and Romanus II, on left and right respectively, Constantine with short beard, wearing loros, Romanus beardless, wearing chlamys, both crowned, holding long patriarchal cross between them, 4.36g (SB 1751), ex-mount, graffiti Xs on either side of Christ, worn, good fine