Constantine VII. AD 913-959. AV solidus. Constantinople, struck ca. AD 945. 

+IhS XPS REX REgNANTIUM, facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left.
COhSTAh-T' AVT' CRAT B R, facing bust of Constantine VII with long beard, crowned and wearing vertical loros, holding patriarchal cross on globe. 

Sear 1747; Paris 11; DOC 13b.2.

With permission of Roma Numismatics Ltd Auction XXI, Lot 999, March 2021.