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Auction 21  21 Nov 2020
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Lot 379

Estimate: 3500 CHF
Price realized: 7000 CHF
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Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 3.89 g, 6 h), Syracuse, circa 797/8. IRIEN 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. AΓOVSTI Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia and a cross on a triangle between two pinnacles, holding a cross potent on base in her right hand. Anastasi 452. DOC 3. SB 1601. Spahr 340. Extremely rare, beautifully struck on a very broad flan with all details clearly on the coin. Good extremely fine.

From a collection in the USA, ex Nomos 17, 2 November 2018, 316.
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