Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1884. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRENE. 797-802 AD. AV Solidus (4.39 gm). Constantinople mint. EIRINH bASILISSH, crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / •EIRINH bASILISSH Q , bust of Irene, as on obverse. DOC III 1a.2; SB 1599. Choice EF, sharp strike. ($2000)