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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Macedonian Dynasty| > |Constantine VII| > BZ71845
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII, 11 May 912 - 9 November 959 A.D.
|Constantine| |VII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Constantine| |VII,| |11| |May| |912| |-| |9| |November| |959| |A.D.|, In 945 Romanus I was deposed by his sons who wanted the throne. Instead Constantine VII took control. Finally, when he was 40 years old, he finally had sole rule and real power. Later that year he made Romanus II, his son and grandson of Romanus I, his co-emperor.
BZ71845. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 26, Morrisson BnF 37/Cp/AE/55, Wroth BMC 45, Ratto 1900, SBCV 1761, Sommer 36.17, VF, nice green patina, tight flan, scratches, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 6.815g, maximum diameter 27.1mm, die axis 0o, sole reign, 27 Jan - 6 Apr 945; obverse + COnST bASIL ROM' (Constantine King of the Romans), half-length bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross, akakia in right, globus cruciger in left; reverse + COnSt/EnΘEO bA/SILEVS R/OmEOn (Constantine King of the Romans) in four lines; SOLD










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