Period
Byzantine
Person
Leo VI, Byzantine emperor, 886-912
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
Solidus
Dating
908-912
Obverse
+IhSXPSREX REGNANTIЧM, Christ seated on throne with lyre-shaped back, wearing tunic and himation, blessing with right hand, and holding Gospel book in left hand
Reverse
LEONETCONSTANT'AЧGG'ROM', Full-length figures of Leo VI and Constantine VII holding patriarchal cross between them; both wear crown with cross, imperial tunic, and loros, and hold globus cruciger in other hand