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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Macedonian Dynasty| ▸ |Romanus I||View Options:   | | | Joint rule with Constantine VII (his son-in-law), 17 December 920 - 16 December 944 A.D. |
The throne depicted on the obverse is also depicted in the Narthex Mosaic, at Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, from the late 9th or early 10th century A.D.SH17757. Gold solidus, DOC III-2 7; Wroth BMC 35; Morrisson BnF 37/Cp/AV/02; Ratto 1892; SBCV 1745; Sommer 36.5.1, nice VF, weight 4.321 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 921 - 931 A.D.; obverse IhS XRS REX REGNANTIUM* (Jesus Christ, King of Kings), Christ enthroned facing, wears nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium; raises right, Gospels in left; reverse ROMAN ET XΠISTOΠO AUGG, crowned busts facing of Romanus I (left) in loros and Christopher in chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them; a few marks; very scarce; SOLD
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII and Romanus I, 17 December 920 - 16 December 944 A.D.
This type was also struck on a larger flan (DOC III, part 2, 32).
The Byzantine mint at Cherson (Sevastopol, Ukraine), operated from the reign of Justin I to the reign of Heraclius, and again from the reign of Basil I to the reign of Basil II. The city of Cherson was largely destroyed in the 980s when it fell to Kiev but the fortress was recovered by treaty after Basil II's sister Anna was given to in marriage Vladimir the Great. The region became a part of the Empire of Trebizond in 1204.BZ14074. Cast bronze AE 21, DOC III-2 33, Ratto 1890, SBCV 1764, Sommer 36.19, VF, weight 2.716 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, Cherson mint, 921 - 944 A.D.; obverse large PW monogram; reverse blank; ex-Calgary Coin; scarce; SOLD
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII and Romanus I, 17 December 920 - 16 December 944 A.D.
This type was also struck on a smaller flan (DOC III, part 2, 33).
Theme of Cherson was a Byzantine military-civilian province located in the southern Crimea, headquartered at Chersonesus Taurica. The theme was officially established in the early 830s and was an important center of Black Sea commerce. Despite the destruction of the city of Cherson in the 980s, the theme recovered and prospered, enduring until it became a part of the Empire of Trebizond after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in 1204.BZ47162. Cast bronze AE 24, DOC III-2 33, Ratto 1890, SBCV 1764, Sommer 36.19, gF/Fair, typical very weak reverse, weight 3.602 g, maximum diameter 24.0 mm, die axis 270o, Cherson mint, 921 - 16 Dec 944 A.D.; obverse large Romanus monogram; reverse cross floriated on two steps, pellet in field either side; from Alex G. Malloy; scarce; SOLD
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