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.’

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 ‘ILRO’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘CO[nST]/[E]nΘEOb[A]/[SIL]EVS[R]/[OM]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; in front of his body, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘SIL’ROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnS[T]/[E]nΘEObA/[S]ILEVSR/[OME]O[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 says ‘nS’; to right, it says ‘R’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnS[T]/[E]nΘEOb[A]/SILEVS[R]/[O]MEO[n].’ The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans.’