Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 793-797.

Triton XXIII – Session Three – Roman Imperial Coinage Part II through World Coinage Part I
Lot: 930. Estimated: $ 4 000

Byzantine, Gold

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Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 793-797. IRInH AΓOVSτI, crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter in left / COҺSτAҺ τIҺOS ЬAS´ Θ, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 3a; Füeg 5.A; SB 1594. Lustrous, trace deposits on reverse. Near EF.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex VAuctions 268 (18 August 2011), lot 245 (hammer $7060).


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