SH04766. Gold solidus, DOC III-2 7; Berk 276; SBCV 1745, EF+, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.36g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180
o, 921 - 931 A.D.; obverse +IhS XPS REX REGNANTInm, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium and raising right in benediction, holding gospels in left hand, the throne has a lyre back and is ornamented with pearls; reverse ROmAn Et XRISTOFO AYGGb (or similar), facing busts of Romanus I, with short beard on left, and Christopher (his son-in-law), beardless on right, Romanus wears loros, Christopher wears chlamys, and they hold a long patriarchal cross between them;
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