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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 7853562, member: 41219&quot;]Well I didn&#039;t expect for it to show up until next week but to my surprise, it was in the mail box this afternoon. </p><p>Here is my misattributed coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>It was attributed as Constantine IV but if you enjoy Byzantine coins, you can see that it is instead Constantine VI with his mother Irene. The reverse shows Leo II (not well depicted on this coin), Constantine V, and Leo IV). </p><p>It isn&#039;t the best looking coin out there...but for $20 for a coin featuring Irene, I don&#039;t think you can go wrong!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine VI and Irene</p><p>780-797 AD</p><p>AE Follis, Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: crowned busts of Constantine VI, unbearded, wearing chlamys, holding cross on globe, on left and Irene, wearing loros, holding cross-headed sceptre, on right, dot between their faces </p><p>Reverse: crowned busts of Leo III, with short beard, wearing loros, on left, Constantine V, with short beard, wearing loros, in centre and Leo IV, wearing chlamys, on right, two dots to left and right, all above horizontal line beneath which is large M, X to left, N to right, A below[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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