bby_854750 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis
90.00 €(Approx. 93.60$ | 74.70£)
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Type : Follis
Date: 821-829
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Revers agréable. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : QEOFIL - BASIL.
Obverse description : Buste barbu et couronné de Théophile de face, coiffé de la tufa, vêtu du loros et tenant le labarum de la main droite et de la gauche, un globe crucigère .
Obverse translation : (Théophile roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +QEO/ FILE AVG/ OVSTE SV/ NICAS.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Théophile auguste proclame sa victoire).
Historical background
MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS
(12/05/821-2/10/829)
Michel, like Justin three hundred years earlier, is a soldier of low extraction. He joins his son Théophile from the beginning of the reign, May 12, 821 or June 1, 822.
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