Lot 7
Irene AV Solidus. Syracuse, AD 797-802.

World Coins; Including items from the Provence Collection | C24005
Auction: 17 July 2024 at 10:00 BST
£4,800
Description
Irene AV Solidus. Syracuse, AD 797-802. IRIh bASISSII, crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / IRIh bACILI, crowned bust of Irene facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre; C-I across fields. Anastasi -; DOC -, but cf. 4 (no letters in rev. field); Sear -, cf. 1602 (same). 3.86g, 21mm, 7h.
Mint State; two sharp and well-centred portraits of Irene, highly lustrous surfaces. Very Rare.
From the Provence Collection of Ancient Coins.
Ex Nomos AG, Auction 15, 22 October 2017, lot 311 (hammer: 6,000 CHF).

