Live auction - bby_780224 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Solidus
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| Estimate : | 3 500 € |
| Price : | 4 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 15:47:08 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 821-829
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire, idéalement centré. Bustes de toute beauté, finement détaillés. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : MIXAHL BASILEUS.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et couronné de Michel II de face, vêtu de la chlmyde, tenant une croix potencée de la main droite.
Obverse translation : (Michel roi).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste diadémé et couronné de Théophile de face, vêtu du loros tenant un globe crucigère et un sceptre.
Reverse legend : QEOFI-LOS ESRI
Reverse translation : (Théophile despote).
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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