Live auction - bby_830860 - THEOPHILUS Miliaresion
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 390 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:12:50 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Miliaresion
Date: 840-842
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large, idéalement centré. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse legend : IHSYS XRISTYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Obverse translation : “Ihsus Xristus Nica”, (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +QEO/ FILOS S MI/ XAHL EC QE/ BASILIS RO/ MAION.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes.
Historical background
THEOPHILUS
(2/10/829-20/01/842)
Michael II, like Justin three hundred years earlier, is a soldier of low extraction. He joined his son Théophile from the beginning of the reign, May 12, 821 or June 1, 822, and the latter succeeded him in 829. Théophile was a cultivated man and a scholar who continued the fight against opponents of iconoclasm , but with moderation and justice. He associated his eldest son Constantine to the throne, but the latter died in 831. He had to face the rise of Islamic power and, at the end of the reign, he saw the fall of Amorium, the fortress from which he originated. He died in 842 and his son, Michael III the drunkard, succeeded him.
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