Triton XVII, Lot: 872. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. 780-797. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 787-790. COnSτANτINOS CΛS’ R’ b’, crowned and draped figures of Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV seated facing / SIRInI AVΓ’ AV mI τ’HR, crowned facing busts of Constantine VI, draped and holding globus cruciger in right hand, and Irene, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger in right hand and cross-tipped scepter in left; cross and pellet between. DOC 1.8; Füeg C.2.1/Ir.2.7; SB 1593. VF, areas of weak strike. Variety with one pellet on reverse. Same obverse die as lots 871 and 873.