Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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IRENE, 797-802. AV Solidus (4.41 gms), Constantinople Mint. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.
S-1599. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter; Reverse: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter. A VERY RARE and always desirable type from this brief-ruling empress, the present example exhibits very little in the way of handling and is free from the clipping and graffiti which can plague the series.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $4000 - $8000
S-1599. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter; Reverse: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter. A VERY RARE and always desirable type from this brief-ruling empress, the present example exhibits very little in the way of handling and is free from the clipping and graffiti which can plague the series.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $4000 - $8000