Watch List notes:

Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 3.84 g, 7 h), Syracuse, 798- 802. EIRIh bASILISSII Crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and holding a globus cruciger in her right hand and a cross-tipped scepter in her left. Rev. EIRIh bASILI Crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and holding a globus cruciger in her right hand and a cross-tipped scepter in her left; in field to left, C; in field to right, I. Anastasi 455 var (no pellet on the obverse). Cf. DOC 4 = SB 1602 var (no letters in the reverse fields). Extremely rare. Sharply struck on a full flan, a splendid piece. Good extremely fine.

From an American collection, ex Nomos 17, 2 November 2018, 317.