147, Lot: 560. Estimate $200. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher. 913-959. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.31 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 921-931. Christ, nimbate, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Romanus I and Christopher, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 7; SB 1745. VF.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.