Constantine VII, Gold Solidus Toned with some light surface

Toned with some light surface marks and nicks

the Schneider example from a different die with the date differently overstruck

Toned good very fine and an unusual die variety on the reverse with rosette of pellets at end of legend and the letter I on saltire cross with the pellet quatrefoils

Streaky dark tone

Constantine VII, Gold Solidus Toned with some light surfaceConstantine VII Porphyrogenitus (A. D. 913 959), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople. + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing, wearing a nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. +CONSTAn T' AVT' CRAT b R, facing bust of Constantine VII, with long beard, wearing a crown and a loros, and holding a patriarchal cross on a globe, 4. 31g., 6h (S 1747; DO 13b). Toned, good very