| Romanus II, 959-963 A.D. |  |
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|   | This type with the obliterated reverse legend has been attributed as an emergency issue struck at the beginning of Romanus' sole reign. Coins of this emergency issue are very rare. This coin is the only one that Forum has seen with two pellets in each limb of the cross inside the nimbus cruciger vs. the usual three. |
| 5323. Gold solidus, Fueg (SNR 76, 1997) pl. IV, B4; Triton IV 837; cf. DOC Constantine VII 15.22, gVF, weight 4.38 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, sole reign, 959 A.D.; obverse +Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIUM (Jesus Christ King of Kings), bust of Christ facing,, wearing nimbus cruciger, two pellets in each cross limb, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left; reverse obliterated legend, crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, in a loros on left, and his son Romanus II, in a chlamys, they hold a long patriarchal cross; superb portrait of Christ; very rare; SOLD |
| Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII and Romanus II, 6 Apr 945 - 9 Nov 959 A.D. |  | |
| BZ36542. Bronze follis, SBCV 1761; DOC II, part 2, 26, VF, weight 7.860 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, 945 - c. 950 A.D.; obverse + COnST bASIL ROM, Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross, globus cruciger in left, akakia in right; reverse + COnSt/EnQEO bA/SILEVS R/OmEOn (Constantine King of the Romans); $60.00 (€49.80) |
| Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII and Romanus II, 6 Apr 945 - 9 Nov 959 A.D. |  | |
| BZ36619. Bronze follis, SBCV 1761; DOC II, part 2, 26, gVF, weight 5.199 g, maximum diameter 24.4 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, 945 - c. 950 A.D.; obverse + COnST bASIL ROM, Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross, globus cruciger in left, akakia in right; reverse + COnSt/EnQEO bA/SILEVS R/OmEOn (Constantine King of the Romans); $60.00 (€49.80) |
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