Period
Byzantine
Person
Constantine VII and colleagues, Byzantine emperor, 913-959
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
Solidus
Dating
921-931
Obverse
+IhSXPSREX REGNANTIЧM, Christ, bearded, seated on throne with lyre-shaped back, wearing tunic and himation, right hand raised in blessing, holding Gospels on left knee with other hand
Reverse
ROMAN'ETXPISTOFO'AЧGGb', Busts of Romanos and Christopher, holding patriarchal cross between them. Romanos wears crown with cross, imperial tunic, and loros, Christopher wears crown with cross, imperial tunic, and chlamys
