Constantine VII, Gold Solidus legend +IhCxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx

legend +IhCxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx mEDIVxx ILLORVxx IBAT

6h (Sear 850

Sextus Pompey

otherwise as struck

Constantine VII, Gold Solidus legend +IhCxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxxConstantine VII Porphyrogenitus (A. D. 913 959), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople. + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing, wearing a nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. +CONSTAn T' AVT' CRAT b R, facing bust of Constantine VII, with long beard, wearing a crown and a loros, and holding a patriarchal cross on a globe, 4. 31g., 6h (S 1747; DO 13b). Toned, good very