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ID:     722125
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Constantine VI and Irene
Date Ruled:     Struck AD 792-797
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 792-797
Weight:     2.65 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Description:     Crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre; crown topped with cross
Reverse Legend:     · / M / A / X-N
Reverse Description:     Crowned and draped facing bust of Constantine, beardless, holding globus cruciger, crown topped with [cross (?)], • in left field, cross above • in right, ornate horizontal bar below; in exergue large M; A below, X-N across fields
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     DOC III 7.1-4
Reference2:     SB 1598
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=85892
Grade:     VF, black-green patina with dusty light-gray overtones.
Notes:     Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2125 From the Marc Poncin Collection.