Romanus II, AV Solidus, 959, Constantinople
+IhS XIS REX REGNANTIVMFacing busts of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium and
colobium, right hand raised in
benediction, book of Gospels in left
Facing busts of Constantine VII, with short beard on left, and Romanus II, beardless on right, each wearing crown, holding long patriarchal
cross with pellet on shaft and globus on base between them, Constantine wearing
loros, Romanus wearing chlamys, pellet to right of cross base