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ID:     5322
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus and Romanus I, Lecapenus
Date Ruled:     AD 945-59
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Solidus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 945-59
Diameter:     19.8 mm
Weight:     4.2 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Description:     Bust of Christ facing, nimbus cruciger with three pellets in each cross limb, wears pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left
Reverse Legend:     COnSTAnT' CE ROMAN' AVGG BR
Reverse Description:     Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, in a loros on left, and his son Romanus II, in a chlamys, they hold a long patriarchal cross
Primary Reference:     SBCV 1751
Reference2:     DOC III part 2, 15
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=2914