Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 511

      ROMAN EMPIRE: Constantine VII. AD 913-959. AV solidus 
      (4.39 gm).

Constantinople, AD 945 only. +IhS XPS REX 
      REgNANTIUM, Christ enthroned facing, raising right hand 
      in bendiction and holding book of Gospels in left / 
      COhSTAhT CE ROMAhUS b R', facing busts of Constantine 
      VII, with short beard, on left, and Romanus II, 
      beardless, on right, both crowned, and holding long 
      patriarchal cross between them; Constantine wears loros, 
      while his son is clad in chlamys. BN 14. DO 14. Sear 
      1750. Rare. Very fine/extremely fine 
      Estimated Value: $ 2,500 

...Sold for $2,200 USD [ approx 1672 EUR, 1166 GBP ]. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
    and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).