v20_0134 - MICHAEL II Follis
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 80.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 80.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 821-829
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits, légèrement décentré au droit. Très joli revers. Patine vert noir
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.
Obverse legend : [MIX-HL] S QEOF
Reverse
Reverse description : Grande M surmonté d'une croisette.
Reverse legend : Q
Commentary
Notre exemplaire ne semble pas avoir été surfrappé sur un follis de Léon V et Constantin ce qui est souvent le cas.
Our example does not appear to have been overstruck on a follis of Leo V and Constantine, which is often the case.
Our example does not appear to have been overstruck on a follis of Leo V and Constantine, which is often the case.
Historical background
MICHAEL II
(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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