Three Rare Irene Histamena

CNG 87, Lot: 1291. Estimate $6000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine VI & Irene, with Leo III, Constantine V, and Leo IV. 780-797. AV Histamenon Nomisma (20mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 792-793. Crowned facing busts of Constantine VI, holding globus cruciger, and Irene, holding cross-scepter; cross above, pellet between / Crowned figures of Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV facing. DOC 2; Füeg 4.17 (Ir.4.8/C.4.18; same dies as illustration); SB 1591. VF. Rare.