Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2125. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine VI, with Irene. 780-797. Æ Follis (2.65 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 792-797. Crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre; crown topped with cross / Crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, beardless, holding globus cruciger, crown topped with [cross (?)], • in left field, cross above • in right, ornate horizontal bar below; in exergue large M; A below, X-N across fields. DOC III 7.1-4; SB 1598. VF, black-green patina with dusty light-gray overtones.
From the Marc Poncin Collection.