CNG 96, Lot: 1000. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine VI & Irene, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. 780-797. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 787-790. Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV seated facing, each crowned and wearing chlamys / Crowned facing busts of Constantine IV, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, and Irene, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter; cross above, • between. DOC 1; Füeg C.2.–/Ir.2.–; SB 1593. Near EF, a few minor areas of striking weakness.