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title: Empress Irene
author: Sailko
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7625/empress-irene/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Empress Irene
_Authored by Sailko_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7625.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) depicting [Byzantine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Byzantine/) [empress Irene](https://www.worldhistory.org/Empress_Irene/) (r. 797-802 CE). (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/))
## Cite This Work
### APA
Sailko. (2017, November 14). Empress Irene. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Sailko. "Empress Irene." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 14, 2017. .
### MLA
Sailko. "Empress Irene." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Nov 2017, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impero_romano_d%27oriente,_irene,_emissione_aurea,_797-802.JPG) by [**Sailko**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impero_romano_d%27oriente,_irene,_emissione_aurea,_797-802.JPG). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 14 November 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.