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.