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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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Constantine VI and Irene (AD 780-797), with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. AV solidus (20mm, 4.41 gm, 6h). Constantinople, AD 780-790. SVh IRIhI AVΓ' MI-THR, crowned facing busts of Constantine VI (on left), wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, and Irene, wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger, her crown with four pinnacles; cross between / COhS-[TAhTIhOS] R' b', Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. Sear 1593. DOC 1.8. Rare! NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Constantine VI and Irene (AD 780-797), with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. AV solidus (20mm, 4.41 gm, 6h). Constantinople, AD 780-790. SVh IRIhI AVΓ' MI-THR, crowned facing busts of Constantine VI (on left), wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, and Irene, wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger, her crown with four pinnacles; cross between / COhS-[TAhTIhOS] R' b', Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. Sear 1593. DOC 1.8. Rare! NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD