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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus: June 6, 913 - November 9, 959 and
Romanus I Lecapenus: December 17, 920 - December 16, 944
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Regency Issue under Zoe, Æ Follis, 914-919, Constantinople
+COnStAnt CE ZOH b'
Facing busts of Constantine VII, beardless, on left, wearing loros, and Zoe, on right, wearing
chlamys, both crowned and holding
long patriarchal cross between them
+COnS / tANtINO' / CE ZOH bA / SILIS RO / mEOn
Legend in five lines
23mm x 25mm, 5.52g
SB 1758
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Regency Issue under Zoe, Æ Follis, 914-919, Constantinople
+COnStAnt CE ZOH b'
Facing busts of Constantine VII, beardless, on left, wearing loros, and Zoe, on right, wearing chlamys, both crowned and holding
long patriarchal cross between them
+COnS / tANtINO' / CE ZOH bA / SILIS RO / mEOn
Legend in five lines
24mm x 26mm, 8.92g
SB 1758
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Constantine VII and Romanus I, Æ Follis, 945-950, Constantinople
+RWmAn' bAS_ILEVS RWm'
Facing bust of Romanus I with short beard, wearing crown and jeweled
chlamys, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left
+RWMA / n' En QEW bA / SILEVS Rw / mAIWn
Legend in four lines
26mm x 28mm, 7.68g
SB 1760
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Constantine VII and Romanus I, Æ Follis, 945-950, Constantinople
+COnSt' bA_SIL' ROm'
Facing bust of Constantine VII with short beard, wearing crown and
vertical loros, akakia in right hand, globus cruciger in left
+COnST / En QEO bA / SILEVS R / OmEOn
Legend in four lines
25mm x 27mm, 7.59g
SB 1761; DO 26
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Constantine VII and Romanus I, Æ Follis, 920-944, Constantinople
+COnSt' CE ROmAn' b' ROm'
Facing busts of Constantine VII, with short beard on left, and Romanus II, beardless on right, each wearing crown and clad in
loros, that of Constantine vertical; they hold between them globus surmounted by patriarchal cross with X in center
+COnST / CE ROmAn / En XRISt / b' ROmEO
Legend in four lines
29mm, 6.23g
SB 1762; DO 27
Note: Overstruck on a Romanus I, AE Follis, SB 1760
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