SH47406. Gold solidus, Füeg SNR 76, pl. IV, B4; cf. DOC III Constantine VII 15.22,
Choice EF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.395g, maximum diameter 20.5mm, die axis 180
o, obverse +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIVM', bust of Christ facing with nimbus cruciger, tunic and himation, right raised in blessing, gospels in left; reverse CONSTANT CE ROMAN AUGG b R (obliterated), crowned facing busts of Constantine VII (left) in loros and Romanus in chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them;
unusual strike with near full circles visible;
very rare;
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