Description
Collection Number: WC 11138
Object Number:
Dates: 790 - 792
Dimensions: 20.77mm
Weight: 3.78g
Authority: Constantine VI
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: No inscription. On left, bust of Constantine facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand globus cruciger. On right, bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with cross and pinnacles. In left hand holds cross sceptre. No globus cruciger in her right hand
Obverse Legend:
Anepigraphic
Obverse Inscription Languages: N/A
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: N/A
Reverse Type: No inscription. Above horizontal line, bust of Constantine V, Leo III and Leo IV facing, bearded, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross. To left and right, one pellet. Below line M, beneath A, to left X, to right N
Reverse Legend:
M
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
/X /N
Reverse Inscription Comments: No pellets visible in the field
Bibliography
DOC III pp. 344-345 n. 6, Plate XIV
BNP p. 493 nn. 1-2, Plate LXIX
BMC vol. 2 p. 399 nn. 8-9, Plate XLVI,8
Ratto p. 86 n. 1779, Plate XL
Sabatier, p. n. 2, Plate XLI,8
Tolstoj p. 981-82 n. 16-18, Plate 68
Sommer p. 257 n. 25.5
Sear 1596