CONSTANTINE VI and IRENE, with LEO III, CONSTANTINE V, and LEO IV, 780-797. AV Solidus (4.46 gms), Constantinople Mint, ca. 787-790. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.S-1593. Obverse: Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV seated facing, each crowned and wearing chlamys; Reverse: Facing busts of Constantine VI, crowned and wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, and Irene, crowned and wearing loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; pellet between. Struck from slightly worn and rusted dies, otherwise a well-centered example of this dynastic type with no post-mint defects and ample golden luster.
