787 NGC AU Byzantine Empire Irene Constantine VI AV Gold Solidus Coin (24091302C)

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Almost 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-AΓOVStI, bust of Irene facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, four pinnacles and cross in center, globus cruciger in right hand, cruciform scepter in left.
Reverse: COhStAh-tIhOS bAS' Θ, bust of Constantine VI facing, wearing crown and chlamys pinned at right shoulder, globus cruciger in right hand, acacia in left.

Almost Uncirculated Byzantine Empire AV gold solidus coin.