Leo VI the Wise, with Constantine VII. 886-912. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 908-912. + IҺS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧm, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing on suppedion, armrests with eight pellets, draped and nimbate, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left / LЄOҺ ЄT COҺS(τ retrograde)AҺ(τ retrograde)´ AЧςς´ ROm´, crowned facing figures of Leo, holding globus cruciger in right hand, and Constantine, holding globus cruciger in left hand, both wearing loros decorated with a cross at end and together holding patriarchal cross between them with left and right hands respectively. DOC 2; Füeg 3.A.1 (same rev. die as illustrated example); SB 1725. Toned, light scuffs, spots of slight tooling on obverse. EF.
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