Constantine VII (913-959) and Romanus I (920-944)
Images below.    [most 16-19 mm]

E23
16		  facing
  bust		 397o A397-400
So9.3-5		 S1771v2 B940
LD		 G878 DO III,II
29.1,29.4		 See E22 above for similar type with dots.
DO pl. XL
E24
16		  facing
  bust		  facing
  bust		 A401-402
So9.1-2		 S1763 B932 G877 28 Sear says "Con VII/Zoe" (914-919), as does Sokolova.
A says "Con VII/Helen"
E25
16		 P bust O  X bust P A403
So9.9		 S1769 B938 G880 (31) S: RO for Romanus, XP for Christopher
Anokhin thinks the portraits are of Constantine and Helen
and the legends for Romanus and Christopher,
putting all four on one coin.
E26
16		 404o  facing
  bust		 A404-407
So9.6-8		 S1766 B935 G879 30.2 Romanus monogram
E27
16		 408o 360r A408
So10.1		 S1768 B937
LD		 G883 DO III,II
35 pl. XL		  
E28
17		 411o 360r A409-413
419-421
So10.2-6		 S1775
Romanus II		 B942 G887 3a.3-4
pl. XL		 P sometimes (usually?) retrograde, as in Sear's photo,
and A409-410.
E29
17		 397o 360r A414-418
So10.7-8		 S1770 B939 G885 37.1  "Constantine" abbreviated
E30
15		 423o 360r A423-424
426-427
So13.5-7		 S--
cf S1764		 B-- G-- DO-- Small size. Resembles E44 but much smaller.
Sokolova "anonymous"
E31
17		 428o Con VII A428-430
So10.9-10		 S1772 B941
LD		 G886 DO
38.1,38.7		 The obverse top sometimes almost looks like a P

Note about Romanus I.  Sear 1764 and 1765 attributed by Sear to Romanus I, have a rho-omega monogram which includes two varieties that have been reattributed by Russian scholars.  The 455o monogram and the 449o monogram previously attributed to Romanus I are given by Anokhin to Romanus IV and Romanus III, respectively (on another page here).


 

Type E23
Constantine VII
18-17mm. 6:00.
Sear 1771, variety 2.

 

 



Type 23
Constantine VII
18 mm. 5:00. 3.18 grams.
Sear 1771, variety 2.



 


Type E24
Constantine VII
16 mm. 6:00. 2.60 grams.  
This type is very rare.
Sear 1763.

 

 

  
Type E24, in lead
16-14 mm.  6:00. 2.40 grams.
Very weak and hard to make out, but there.

   

Type E26
16mm. 12:00. 2.85 grams.
Sear 1766. 

 

 


Type E28
Romanus I
AE18. 6:00. 3.54 grams.
Sear 1775.

 

 

  

Type E28
Romanus I
18 mm. 6:00. 2.50 grams.
Compare this one, not retrograde, to the next one.
Sear 1775


 



Type E28 retrograde
Romanus I
18 mm. 6:00. 4.25 grams
Sear 1775 P retrograde



Type 29
Constantine VII
17 mm. 2.74 grams.
Sear 1770.
 
 

  

Type E30
Romanus I 
15 mm. 12:00. 1.41 grams.
Sear 1764 variety.

 

 


 


Type E31
20 mm. 6:00. 3.49 grams.
Sear 1772.

 

 

 


  
Type 31
19 mm. 6:00. 2.91 grams.
Sear 1772.

 

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