Two Choice Constantine VI & Irene Folles

CNG 100, Lot: 2048. Estimate $750. Sold for $501. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. Æ Follis (20mm, 3.20 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter / Crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, holding globus cruciger, set on horizontal bar; to right, cross above pellet; in exergue, X–N flanking large M. DOC 7; SB 1598. Near EF, green patina. Attractive portrait.