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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Voulgaroktonou, post: 4565494, member: 84047&quot;]Here are a joint reign Irene and Constantine VI, followed by a sole reign Irene.</p><p>Follis 2.76 gr. 19 mm. hr. 6. Constantinople 792-97. Sear 1598; DO 7; BNP 3-6; BM 10-11; R. 1779. T. 17-18. Berk/England Sale 12/7/1989, lot 308.</p><p><br /></p><p>Follis 5.59 gr. 25 mm. hr. 6. Constantinople 797-802. Sear 1600; DO 2; BNP 1-3; BM 2; R. 1781; T. 23-4. Ex Protonotarios collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The powerful personality of Irene had always overshadowed that of her son Constantine and only pressure from the army prevented her from taking power in 790. After a short period of exile, she returned to Constantinople and began eliminating her enemies. As the coinage shows, she quickly relegated her son to second place. By 797 she had managed to depose, blind, and eventually murder him. In 802 Irene herself was deposed after attempting to arrange a marriage between herself and Charlemagne.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130490[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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