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BYZANTINE COINS

Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 3.88 g, 12 h), Syracuse, c. 797/8. IREN AΓOVST 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, the two curved lines of a throne-back. Rev. I AΓOVST 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. Anastasi 452. DOC 3. SB1601. Spahr 340. Struck from the same dies as those of Nomos 13, 2016, 301. Extremely rare, with sharp details, and perfectly centered. Some very slight areas of striking flatness, otherwise, good extremely fine.