53, Lot: 136. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE VII. 913-959. AV Solidus (4.43 gm). Struck circa 945-959. Draped bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels and wearing nimbus cruciger; no pellets in cross arms / Facing crowned and draped busts of Constantine VII, on left wearing loros, and Romanus II, on right wearing chlamys; both holding patriarchal cross. DOC III 15 var. (pellets in cross arms); SB 1751 var. (same). VF. ($300)