SH32890. Gold solidus, SBCV 1751; DOC III part 2, 15, VF, Constantinople mint, weight 4.378g, maximum diameter 21.4mm, die axis 180o, obverse +Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left; reverse COnSTAnT' CE ROMAN' AVGG BR, 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; "finder's mark" on obverse, nice centering; $655.00 ON RESERVE
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