Description: Constantine VII and Romanus I (920 - 944). AE, Cherson. Monogram for Constantine / Monogram for Romanus.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 2,6 g

Grade: F/F

Attribution: SB 1772; DOC 38.1, 38.7

Commentary: rare; dark patina, usual low quality cast

History: Constantine VII was extremely resentful of his usurper co-emperor Romanus I and decribed him as "an idiot and an illiterate man" in his book De Administrando Imperio.

Article Number: 057-05-06-42384