ROMANUS I AND CHRISTOPHER GOLD SOLIDUS – CHRIST SEATED ISSUE – CHOICE XF 5-5 5-5 NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19751)

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19751. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ROMANUS I & CHRISTOPHER, AD 923–931.
Gold Solidus, 4.38 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. + IhS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧM✱, Christ enthroned, facing, holding the Gospels. Rev. ROMAҺ ЄT XRISTOFO AЧςς Ь, Crowned, facing busts of Romanus and Christopher, holding patriarchal cross between them.
Sear 1745.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, scarcer Christ issue where the enthroned Christ is depicted in an unusual style.