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LOT 3259
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. Very Fine.(1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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