Byzantine coin of Nicephorus II, 963-969. Obverse: bust of Nicephorus II, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; he also wears pearls; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds a globe with a trefoil ornament on top; to left, inscription says ‘nIC…F’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘nICH[F]/EnΘEWb[A]/SILEVSΠW/MAIWN’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Nicephorus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’. Coin has been overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘ROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnST/[E]nΘEObA/[S]ILEVSR/[OME]On.’ The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; inscriptions are illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘RWM[A]/[nEn]ΘEWb[A]/[SI]LEVSR[W]/[MAI]W[n]’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: large ‘KW’ in a vertical position. Reverse: large cross; to left and right, pellets.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, facing front. Reverse: large ‘KW’ in a vertical position.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Romanus II, his son, to right; each wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a long patriarchal cross resting on a globe; there is an ‘X’ in the middle of the cross; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘MAn’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnST/[C]EROMA[n]/[En]XRIST/[b]ROMEO’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine and Romanus, by Christ, kings of the Romans’. Coin has been overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Romanus II, his son, to right; each wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a long patriarchal cross resting on a globe; there is an ‘X’ in the middle of the cross; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘OMA...ROM’; above this inscription, there is another inscription, which belongs to a previous coin; it begins with a cross, and says 'RWM...bA'. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘COnST/CEROMAn/EnXRIST/b’ROMEO’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine and Romanus, by Christ, kings of the Romans’. Coin has been overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘COnSTbA’; to right, it says ‘ROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘COnS[T]/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn.’ The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, inscription says ‘COn…bA’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘[C]On[ST]/EnΘEO[bA]/SILEV[SR]/O[M]EO[n].’ The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘IL’RO’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘[C]OnS[T]/[E]nΘEOb[A]/SILEVS[R]/OMEOn.’ The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans.’