Follis - Constantine VI and Irene

Issuer Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
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Type Standard circulation coin
Value Follis (1⁄288)
Currency Second Solidus Nomisma (720-1092)
Composition Copper
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
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Reference(s) BCV#1598
Obverse description Facing crowned bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding cross on globe and cross-headed sceptre
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Reverse description Facing bust of Constantine VI, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger; two pellets to left, cross and pellet to right; all above horzontal bar, below which is large M denomination mark, flanked by X and N, A below.
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Mint Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (476-1923)
Mintage ?
Numisquare ID 3552312255
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