Schulman b.v.
Jubilee Auction 350 12 May 2016
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Ancient - BYZANTINE EMPIRE
AV Solidus 797–798 AD, IRENE 797–802 Syracuse. Bust of Irene facing, wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding an akakia in her left hand; behind her shoulders, two curved lines of a throne-back IREN AÃOVS . Rev. Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding a cross potent on base in her right hand AÃOVST.S. 1601: Fr. 180 (236); DOC. 33.81 g. Extremely rare. Virtually as struck, with lovely relief
AV Solidus 797–798 AD, IRENE 797–802 Syracuse. Bust of Irene facing, wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding an akakia in her left hand; behind her shoulders, two curved lines of a throne-back IREN AÃOVS . Rev. Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross on a semicircle between two pinnacles, holding a cross potent on base in her right hand AÃOVST.S. 1601: Fr. 180 (236); DOC. 33.81 g. Extremely rare. Virtually as struck, with lovely relief