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Maker(s):Constantine VI (minted under); Irene of Athens (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Solidus of Constantine VI and Irene
Date Made:780-797 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Gold
Place Made:Europe; Asia; Turkey; Constantinople
Measurements:19mm; 4.318g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.433
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: crowned facing busts of Constantine VI, holding cross on globe, and Irene, wearing loros and holding sceptre surmounted by cross, cross between their heads; CONSTANTINS CA'
Reverse: Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, all wearing crown and chlamys; SV IRIN I AVG MITRI AV

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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