bby_678809 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis

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Type : Follis

Date: 821-829

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,94 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Revers de haut relief. Jolis bustes. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.20 - R.1814 - Do.9 /5 - BN/B.1 - BC.1642 - DMBR.30 /3 (300€)

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-EOFILOS.

Obverse translation : (Michel et Théophile).

Reverse

Reverse description : Grande M surmonté d'une croisette et accostée de trois X et de trois N.

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.

MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis XF

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis XF

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis XF

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Miliaresion XF

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis XF

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MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis XF

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bby_678809 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis

Obverse

Reverse

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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