Byzantine (921-923) solidus Sear-1746
This specimen was lot 29585 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (AD 913-959), with Romanus I Lecapenus (AD 920-944). AV solidus (19 mm, 4.38 g, 6h axis). Constantinople, AD 921-circa 923. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄΣNANTIЧM *, full figure of Christ Pantocrator, with cruciform nimbus, seated facing on throne with curved back, wearing chiton, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left arm / ROMAh' ЄT COhSTAhT' AЧΣΣ' Ь', crowned facing busts of Romanus (on left), wearing slight beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder; both grasp patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1746. DOC 4. Rare! NGC (photo-certificate) AU 5/5 - 4/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, November 1992), lot 55."
- [1]Michaels, David, Cristiano Bierrenbach and Sam Spiegel, Heritage Signature Auction 3035: Ancient Coins, Featuring the Lexington Collection of Jonathan K. Kern and the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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