Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II (913-959), Solidus, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels, rev. crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Romanus, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.33g/6h (DOC 15; Sear 1751). Fine, red tone (£60-80)