FAQs
What makes a coin valuable?
I have coins to sell, what’s the next step?
How will my purchases be shipped?
What happens if I’m not entirely happy with my purchase?
AM00694
Constantine VII, Gold Solidus
Constantine 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 fine and extremely rare.
Provenance:
Ex Glendining's, June 1992, lot 73
Ex Stack's, 12 January 2009, lot 3233