CONSTANTINE VI and IRENE. 780-797 AD. AV Solidus 4.45g.
Struck 790-792 AD. Constantinople mint. 

CONSTANTINS CA', Facing busts of Constantine VI, beardless, 
on left, and Irene on right, both crowned and with cross 
between their heads; Constantine wears chlamys and holds 
globus cruciger in right hand; his mother wears loros and 
holds cruciform sceptre in left hand; dot in centre.
SV IRIN I AG¢ M' AVTOV, Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV 
seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. 

DOC III 2; Berk 234; BN 1-2; SB 1591. 

With permission of Gemini, LLC - Auction VII. July 2011.
US $14,000