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<p>[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 3496615, member: 84047"]Wonderful post, Valentinian. The coinage is a useful weather-vane to tracking the vicissitudes of fortune between Constantine VII, his over-pushy father - in law, and his 3 step brothers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of mine.</p><p>1. Pattern in bronze for a solidus. Sear 1742A (DO9). 3.23 gr. 20.5 mm. 5 h. Constantinople, 931. Romanus and Constantine VII.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926329[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Miliaresion. Sear 1752 (DO16). 3.13 gr. 25.7 mm. 12 h. Constantinople, 914-21. Constantine VII alone. Possibly struck after Zoe's downfall in 920/21, but before Romanus I promoted himself; no miliaresia are known from the early joint reign of Const. and Zoe.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926332[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Miliaresion. Sear 1754 (DO18). 2.57 gr. 24.8 mm. 8 h. Constantinople, 921-31. </p><p>Precedence: Romanus, his eldest son Christopher (died 931), and Constantine VII.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926337[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4. Miliaresion. Sear 1755 (DO20). 2.87 gr. 23.5 mm. 1 h. Constantinople, 931-44. </p><p>Precedence: Romanus, Constantine VII, and Romanus' other sons Stephen and Constantine Lecapenus. Note tiny bust of Romanus within cross.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926342[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Miliaresion. Sear 1757 (DO21). 3.08 gr. 23.2 mm. 12 h. Constantinople, 945-59. Precedence:Constantine VII and his son Romanus II. In Dec. 944, Romanus' surviving sons Stephen and Constantine deposed their father, and in Jan. 945, Constantine VII in turn deposed them, associating his son Romanus II on the throne.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926347[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 3496615, member: 84047"]Wonderful post, Valentinian. The coinage is a useful weather-vane to tracking the vicissitudes of fortune between Constantine VII, his over-pushy father - in law, and his 3 step brothers. Here are a few of mine. 1. Pattern in bronze for a solidus. Sear 1742A (DO9). 3.23 gr. 20.5 mm. 5 h. Constantinople, 931. Romanus and Constantine VII. [ATTACH=full]926329[/ATTACH] 2. Miliaresion. Sear 1752 (DO16). 3.13 gr. 25.7 mm. 12 h. Constantinople, 914-21. Constantine VII alone. Possibly struck after Zoe's downfall in 920/21, but before Romanus I promoted himself; no miliaresia are known from the early joint reign of Const. and Zoe. [ATTACH=full]926332[/ATTACH] 3. Miliaresion. Sear 1754 (DO18). 2.57 gr. 24.8 mm. 8 h. Constantinople, 921-31. Precedence: Romanus, his eldest son Christopher (died 931), and Constantine VII. [ATTACH=full]926337[/ATTACH] 4. Miliaresion. Sear 1755 (DO20). 2.87 gr. 23.5 mm. 1 h. Constantinople, 931-44. Precedence: Romanus, Constantine VII, and Romanus' other sons Stephen and Constantine Lecapenus. Note tiny bust of Romanus within cross. [ATTACH=full]926342[/ATTACH] 5. Miliaresion. Sear 1757 (DO21). 3.08 gr. 23.2 mm. 12 h. Constantinople, 945-59. Precedence:Constantine VII and his son Romanus II. In Dec. 944, Romanus' surviving sons Stephen and Constantine deposed their father, and in Jan. 945, Constantine VII in turn deposed them, associating his son Romanus II on the throne. [ATTACH=full]926347[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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