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bby_864223 - CONSTANTINE VI and IRENA Follis

CONSTANTINE VI and IRENA Follis AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 792-797
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, légèrement irrégulier, bien centré. Joli buste d’Irène, bien venu à la frappe. Faiblesse au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d’Irène de face, couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite et un sceptre.

Reverse


Reverse legend : X - M(A) N.
Reverse description : Buste à mi-corps de Constantin VI vu de face, couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite, une croisette pointée à la base ; dans le champ à gauche un globule.

Historical background


CONSTANTINE VI and IRENA

(8/09/780 - 19/08/797)

Constantin VI is only ten years old and it is his mother, Irene, the wife of Leo IV who ensures the regency. Irène finds it difficult to impose herself on the soldiers. Nevertheless, the empress was exiled in 790, but quickly returned to power. Finally in 797, Constantin VI was deposed and blinded. Irene remains alone in power before disappearing in 802.

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