page_title: Stephen Lekapenos
hierarchical_section_title: Stephen Lekapenos
caption_attribution_description: English: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I, Stephen, and Constantine. 913-959. AR Miliaresion (24mm, 2.72 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 931-944. IhSЧS XRI-SτЧS nICA, cross potent on three steps, oval medallion at center with portrait of crowned facing bust of Romanus; R/Ш-m/A across field, pelleted cross below / + ROmAnO’/COnSτAnτ’/SτЄFAnOS/CЄ COnSτA’/Єn XШ Ь’ R’ in five lines; above and below, pelleted cross with wedge to left and right. DOC 20; SB 1755. Near EF, toned.
context_page_description: Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII a few weeks later. Stephen lived out his life in exile on the island of Lesbos, where he died on Easter 963.
context_section_description: Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Στέφανος Λακαπηνός, Stéphanos Lakapenós; died 18 April 963) was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959) a few weeks later. Stephen lived out his life in exile on the island of Lesbos, where he died on Easter 963.
caption: Miliaresion from 931–944, showing Romanos I's bust on a cross on the obverse and listing the names of Romanos and his co-emperors, Constantine VII, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos on the reverse
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