Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVS’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWM[A]/nEnΘEW[bA]/SILEVSR[W]/MAIWn’. 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: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘S’; to right, ‘ILEV’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/[n]EnΘEW[bA]/[SIL]EVS[RW]/MAIW[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: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAnbAS’; to right, ‘IL…W’; there is a cross after the ‘W’, then ‘LE’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/nEnΘE[WbA]/SILEVSR[W]/M[AIWn]’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’. Coin has been overstruck, causing some confusion on each side.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAn[bA]S’; to right, ‘ILEVSRWM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/nEnΘEWbA/SILEVSRW/MAIWn’. 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: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAnTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross, which says ‘ConS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEON’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription says ‘TANTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which says ‘Con[S]/[T]AnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEON’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAn’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEOn’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAnTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/[S]ILISRO/[M]EOn’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘CONSTANTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEON’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

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 and right, inscriptions are illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnST/[CE]ROMAn/[En]XRIST/[b]ROMEO’.