206, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. Æ Follis (27mm, 7.16 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 931-944. Crowned facing half-length figure of Romanus, wearing jeweled chlamys, holding labarum and globus cruciger / Legend in four lines. DOC 25b; SB 1760. VF, dark green patina with lighter highlights. Struck over a follis of Leo VI.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.