Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II, 913-959. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.43 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 945-959. +IҺS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. COҺSTAҺT CЄ ROmAҺ AЧGG b R Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, bearded and wearing loros on the left, and Romanus II, beardless and wearing chlamys on the right, holding, with their right hands, a long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 15. SB 1751. Scrapes and with bumps and traces of mounting, otherwise, nearly very fine.