787 NGC AU Byzantine Empire Irene Constantine VI AV Gold Solidus Coin (24091302C) Double Florin T CAES IMP VESP PON

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787 NGC AU Byzantine Empire Irene Constantine VI AV Gold Solidus Coin (24091302C) Double Florin T CAES IMP VESP PONAlmost Uncirculated Byzantine Empire AV gold solidus coin. Struck for Empress Irene and Emperor Constantine VI at the Constantinople Mint, 787 797 CE. Sear 1594, 4. 44g, approx 19mm. Lustrous surfaces, very appealing in hand. Superb portrait of Irene. Certified by NGC to Ch AU Strike 3 5 Surface 4 5. Obverse: IRIhH AOVStI, bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, four pinnacles and cross in center, globus cruciger in right hand,