[Python] Conversion to int with Unicode strings

I recognized that int(unicode_string) sometimes gives obscure results. E.g. int('᪐᭒') == 2.

>>> bytes('᪐᭒', 'utf-8')
b'\xe1\xaa\x90\xe1\xad\x92'
>>> [f'U+{ord(c):04X}' for c in '᪐᭒']
['U+1A90', 'U+1B52']


My expectation would be it fails, because the string does not contain a number.

Is there some explanation for this behaviour?

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