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ID:     4766
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Romanus I, Lacapenus
Date Ruled:     AD 920-944
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Solidus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 921-931
Diameter:     20.9 mm
Weight:     4.36 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     #NAME?
Obverse Description:     Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium and raising right in benediction, holding gospels in left hand, the throne has a lyre back and is ornamented with pearls
Reverse Legend:     ROman Et XRISTOFO AYGGb]
Reverse Description:     Facing busts of Romanus I, with short beard on left, and Christopher (his son-in-law), beardless on right, Romanus wears loros, Christopher wears chlamys, and they hold a long patriarchal cross between them
Primary Reference:     DOC III part 2, 007
Reference2:     SBCV 1745
Reference3:     Berk 276
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=2920