Constantine VII, Gold Solidus legend +IhCxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx

legend +IhCxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx mEDIVxx ILLORVxx IBAT

radiate head of Augustus facing right

43g (KM 129a)

struck with the later obverse used for the 1834 Proof Crown defined by the raised die flaw on the raised rim at 11 o'clock

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