174, Lot: 284. Estimate $100. Sold for $161. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. Æ Follis (19mm, 1.67 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 790-792. Crowned facing busts of Constantine and Irene; Irene hold cruciform sceptre / Crwned facing busts of Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV; large M flanked by X N below. DOC III 6; SB 1596. VF, corroded surfaces. Rare.

From the Chris Connell Collection.

This "pedigree" coin offers portraits of the entire Isaurian dynasty, its founder the general Leo III, his equally able son Constantine V, his grandson Leo IV with his wife Irene and their hapless son Constantine VI.