Solidus of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople
CoinsByzantine8th century

Solidus of Constantine VI and Irene, Constantinople

792-797 CE

Artists

Constantine VICoin Constituent
Constantine V and Leo IVCoin Constituent

Description

Obv.: Bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, pinnacles and pendilia, holding globe cruciger in r. hand and cross scepter in l. Rev.: Bust of Constantine facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding globe cruciger in r. hand and akakia in l.

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Gold
Culture
Byzantine
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Century
8th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.39 g

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