174, Lot: 292. Estimate $150. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AR Miliaresion (26mm, 3.00 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-931 AD. IhSUS XRI STUS nICA, cross potent on three steps; globus below / + ROMAnO, XPISTOFOR, CE COnSTAn, En X'W EVSE b' bASIL' R' in four lines; triple dotted border with eight spaced pellets. DOC III 18; SB 1754. Good VF, toned.

From the Chris Connell Collection.

This remarkable coin puts the legitimate emperor, Constantine VII (son of Leo VI) in third place, behind the regent Romanus Lecapenus and his son Christopher.