SH58611. Gold solidus,
apparently an unpublished variety; DOC III-2 15 var. (pellets in nimbus arms); SBCV 1751 var. (same), Morrisson BnF 15 ff. var. (same), Choice VF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.405g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180
o, obverse +Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left;
no pellets or lines in limbs of cross; 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; ex Forum (2008),
attractive bust of Christ, nicely centered;
rare;
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