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Byzantine Empire, Constantine VI and Irene (780-797), Miliaresion, Constantinople, cross potent on steps, rev. legend in five lines, 1.63g/1h (DOC 4; MIB 6; Sear 1595). Overstruck on an Umayyad Dirhem, very fine (£40-50)

Provenance:
From a hoard placed on the market in October 1987
Bendall, SNC September 1988, p.214, no.71, this coin