BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Romanus I Lecapenus, 920-944, AV solidus (4.40g), Constantinople, S-1745, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in his left hand // facing busts of Romanus and Christopher (923-931), holding patriarchal cross between them, strike 5/5, surface 3/5, lovely example, NGC graded choice AU, ex Choudhury Collection. From this reign onwards and until the bitter end in 1453, almost all Byzantine gold coins bear Christ on the obverse.
Estimate: USD 800 - 1000