Watch List notes:

Irene, 797-802. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 3.65 g, 5 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 - (cf.455). DOC -. SB - (cf.1602). Same dies as Nomos 15, 311. A few earthen deposits, otherwise, virtually as struck.


This extremely rare coin from the mint of Syracuse is somewhat unusual: normally there should be a pellet in the obverse field. The C-I is the mintmark for Sicilia.