945-950 AD., Constantine VII and Romanus II, Constantinopolis mint, Follis, Sear 1761.
Joint Reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogennētos (913-959) and Romanus II (945-963), Constantinopolis mint, struck 945-950 AD.,
Æ Follis (24-25 mm / 4,35 g), bronze, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 160°),
Obv.: [ + COҺST´ bASI]L´ ROM´ , bust of Constantine VII facing, wearing modified loros and crown [with cross], holding globus cruciger in his left, akakia in right.
Rev.: [ + C]OҺS´ / ЄҺ´ OEO bA / [S]ILЄVS R / OmЄoҺ , ("Constantine King of the Romans") , legend in four lines.
Sear BC 1761 ; DOC 26 ; Ratt. 1900-1903 ; Sommer 36.17 .
Constantine VII (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζ΄ ΠοÏφυÏογÎννητος, KÅnstantinos VII PorphyrogennÄ“tos) Porphyrogenitus is a nickname that alludes to the Purple Room of the imperial palace, decorated with the stone porphyry, where legitimate children of reigning emperors were normally born.