CNG 100, Lot: 2049. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. Æ Follis (17mm, 2.85 g, 6h). 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, dark green patina, area of flat strike on reverse. An attractive example.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.