Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: large cross crosslet resting on three steps; beneath the steps, there is a pellet; in centre of cross, there is an ‘X’; to left, inscription says ‘InSϤSXRI’; to right, ‘STϤSnICA’; the border is composed of three parallel lines of dots, with 16 pellets spaced evenly within the border. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘COnST’T/[Π]O[RFVR]OS’/CE[ROM]AnO/En[XWE]VSEb’/b’RWMEOn’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘May Jesus Christ Conquer’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Constantine, Porphyrogenitus, and Romanus, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.’ 'Porphyrogenitus' is the Latin word for ‘born in the purple’ and indicates a son or daughter who was born while their parent was a Byzantine Emperor. It refers to the fact that the colour purple was most often worn by royalty due to the expense of the dyes.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘LEVSRWM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘RWMA/nEnΘEWbA/SILEVSRW/MAIWn’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVS’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWM[A]/nEnΘEW[bA]/SILEVSR[W]/MAIWn’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘S’; to right, ‘ILEV’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/[n]EnΘEW[bA]/[SIL]EVS[RW]/MAIW[n]’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard, on a diagonal angle; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAnbAS’; to right, ‘IL…W’; there is a cross after the ‘W’, then ‘LE’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/nEnΘE[WbA]/SILEVSR[W]/M[AIWn]’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’. Coin has been overstruck, causing some confusion on each side.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Romanus I, co-emperor from 920-944, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a jewelled chlamys; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘RWMAn[bA]S’; to right, ‘ILEVSRWM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross, and says ‘RWMA/nEnΘEWbA/SILEVSRW/MAIWn’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Romanus, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAnTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, beginning with a cross, which says ‘ConS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEON’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription says ‘TANTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which says ‘Con[S]/[T]AnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEON’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAn’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/SILISRO/MEOn’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Constantine VII, 913-959. Obverse: bust of Constantine VII, to left, and Zoe, his mother, to right; Constantine VII wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Zoe wears a chlamys; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross; to left and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘COnSTAnTCEZOHb’. Reverse: there is an inscription of five lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnS/TAnTInO/CEZOHbA/[S]ILISRO/[M]EOn’. In translation, the inscription on the reverse says ‘Constantine and Zoe, Kings of the Romans.’