| Description: | Constantine VI and Irene. 780-797 AD. AV Solidus. Constantinople mint. CONSTANTINS CA' (or similar, usually carelessly engraved), crowned facing busts of Constantine VI, unbearded, wearing chlamys and holding cross on globe, on left, and Irene, wearing loros and holding sceptre surmounted by cross, dot between their faces, cross between their heads / SV IRIN I AVG MITRI AV (or similar), Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, all wearing crown and chlamys. DOC 2, BN 1-2, SB 1591. |
