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/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 Romanus II, his son, to right; each wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a long patriarchal cross resting on a globe; there is an ‘X’ in the middle of the cross; to left and right, inscriptions are illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which says ‘COnST/[CE]ROMAn/[En]XRIST/[b]ROMEO’.

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 ‘TANTCEZOH’. 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 ‘CONSTANTCEZOH’. 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 Romanus II, his son, to right; each wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a long patriarchal cross resting on a globe; there is an ‘X’ in the middle of the cross; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘ROMAnbROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘COnST/CEROMAn/[E]nXRIST/bROMEO’. Coin has been overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Leo VI, 886-912. Obverse: bust of Leo VI, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; in front of his body, he carries an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘LEOnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVSROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘LEOn/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn. This inscription in translation says ‘Leo, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Leo VI, 886-912. Obverse: bust of Leo VI, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; in front of his body, he carries an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘LEOnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVSROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘LEOn/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn. This inscription in translation says ‘Leo, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Leo VI, 886-912. Obverse: bust of Leo VI, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; in front of his body, he carries an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘LEOnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVSROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘LEOn/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn. This inscription in translation says ‘Leo, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Leo VI, 886-912. Obverse: bust of Leo VI, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; in front of his body, he carries an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘LEOnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVSROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘LEOn/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn. This inscription in translation says ‘Leo, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.

Byzantine coin of Leo VI, 886-912. Obverse: bust of Leo VI, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; in front of his body, he carries an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘LEOnbAS’; to right, ‘ILEVSROM’. Reverse: there is an inscription of four lines, which begins with a cross and says ‘LEOn/EnΘEObA/SILEVSR/OMEOn. This inscription in translation says ‘Leo, by the Grace of God, King of the Romans’.