174, Lot: 291. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.30 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-931 AD. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with rosette / Crowned facing busts of Romanus I, wearing loros, and Christopher, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 7; SB 1745. VF.

From the Chris Connell Collection.