1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide LVII (30 Aprile - 1 Maggio 2022)
  3. The Byzantine Empire
Lotto 649:
Constantine VI and Irene (780-797). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, c. 792-793 AD. Obv. Facing busts of Constantine VI and Irene, both crowned and holding globus cruciger; between the heads, cross. Constantine wears chlamys and his mother wears loros. Rev. Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. D.O. 2; Sear 1591 (a holed example illustrated). AV. 4.39 g. 19.50 mm. RR. A very rare and fascinating dynastic issue. Brilliant and superb. EF/About EF. The powerful personality of Irene had always overshadowed that of her son Constantine, and only an army mutiny had prevented her from taking power in 790 AD. After a short period in exile, she returned to Constantinople, and began working at eliminating her enemies. By 797 AD she had discredited her son to the point that she could have him deposed, blinded and murdered with little outcry. Irene too, was deposed in 802 AD after attempting to arrange a marriage between herself and Charlemagne (Triton VII, 1117, note).
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