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Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople

Follis of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople

780 - 792

Constantine VI

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles, and pendilia. In r. hand, gl. cr.; in l., cross scepter. Rev.: Above horizontal line, bust of Constantine facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In r. hand, gl. cr. In field r., cross. Two pellets r., only 1 visible to l. Old info: reverse die axis 6 o'clock Obverse: facing bust of Irene, wearing loros and crown with cross Reverse: facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross large below central line, M (mark of value = 40 nummi); smaller, below, A (workshop 1); to the left and right, X and N (date formula

Bronze

Byzantine period, Early

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