Constantine VI and Irene, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 790-793. COҺSTAҺTIҺOS CA b Δ SI∂I, crowned facing busts of Constantine IV, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding globus cruciger, and Irene, wearing loros and crown with cross, holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger; cross above, • between / SVҺ IRI AVΓOVSƮI MIƮR' AV', Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Cf. Sear 1591 (Irene without globus cruciger and legend variant); cf. DOC 2 (same); Füeg 4 [Ir.4.6/ cf. C.4.17] (obv. and rev. flipped, Irene without globus cruciger). 4.43g, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Apparently unrecorded variant with Irene holding globus cruciger.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.