Constantine VI and Irene (AD 780-797). AV solidus (20mm, 4.47 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF

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Constantine VI and Irene (AD 780-797). AV solidus (20mm, 4.47 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 – 2/5, die shift, edge bend. Constantinople. COnSTAntInOS CA’-b’ Δ’, crowned facing busts of Constantine VI (on left), wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, globus cruciger in right hand, and Irene (on right), wearing loros and crown with four pinnacles and cross, globus cruciger in right field, transverse cruciform scepter in left; pellet between, cross above / S IRI-nI AVΓ’ MItRI AV’, Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing chlamys and crown surmounted by cross. Sear 1591.

Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dealer’s tag included; Bob Guynn Collection.