SH35841. Gold solidus, Füeg SNR 76, pl. IV, B4; cf. DOC III Constantine VII 15.22; Sommer 37.1,
aEF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.346g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, 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 (partially obliterated), crowned facing busts of Constantine VII (left) in loros and Romanus in chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them;
fabulous style, one of the nicest we have handled of the type;
very rare;
SOLD