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CNG 108, Lot: 763. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Irene. 797-802. AV Solidus (17mm, 3.81 g, 5h). Syracuse mint. [ЄI]RIҺ ЬAS..., crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter with left; pellet in left field / ... ЬAS..., crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter with left; C–I to either side of bust. DOC –; Anastasi 455; SB –; Gemini I, lot 504. EF, compact flan. Rare.


From the D. Massey Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.

The C-I on the reverse is the abbreviation for Sicily in Greek.