bby_952495 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 821-829
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré. Jolis bustes. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes de face de Michel II à gauche et de Théophile à droite, couronnés, Michel porte la chlamyde et Théophile le loros ; au milieu, une croisette.
Obverse legend : MIC-HL S Q-EO.
Obverse translation : (Michel et Théophile).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grande M surmonté d'une croisette.
Reverse legend : Q.
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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