Two Irene Solidi

CNG 105, Lot: 1052. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 793-797. IRInH AΓOVSτI, crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter / CONSτAN τINOS bAS’ Θ, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger and chlamys. DOC 3a; Füeg 5.A; SB 1594. Good VF, weakly struck around the edges, especially the legends.