Watch List notes:

Irene. 797-802. AV Solidus (19mm, 3.86 g, 7h). Syracuse mint. [Є]I RIҺ ЬAS[ILIS], crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter with left; pellet in left field / [ЄIR]IҺ ЬASIL[IS], crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter with left; C I flanking head. DOC –; Anastasi 455; SB –; Berk BBS 202, lot 30 = Gemini XIII, lot 256 = Stack's Bowers Galleries (8 January 2016), lot 30192 (same dies). Typical compact flan, trace deposits, some light cleaning scratches on reverse. EF. Rare.


The C-I on the reverse is the abbreviation for Sicily in Greek.