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bby_585881 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis

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Price : 150.00 €

Type : Follis

Date: 821-829

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 7,06 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Patine marron superficielle

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.20 - R.1823 - Do.15 - BN/B.5 - BC.1667 - DMBR.31 /5 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : QEOFIL - BASIL.

Obverse description : Grand 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).

Commentary

Poids léger. Au droit, le labarum est orné d’une croisette. Le loros est richement ornementé ainsi que la tufa.

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.

MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis VF

90.00 €

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis AU

250.00 €

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis VF/XF

90.00 €

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis AU/XF

100.00 €

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Miliaresion XF

180.00 €

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis VF

80.00 €

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bby_585881 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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