Period
Byzantine
Person
Constantine VII and colleagues, Byzantine emperor, 913-959
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
Solidus
Dating
931-944
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
+CONSTANTINOSCERO MANENXWb'R', Full-length figures of Constantine VII and Romanos I, standing on soupeddion and holding patriarchal cross on long shaft between them. Constantine wears crown with cross, imperial tunic, and chlamys with tablion, and holds globus cruciger in right hand; Romanos wears crown with cross, imperial tunic and loros, and holds globus cruciger in left hand
