bby_585881 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis
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Price : 150.00 €
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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
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.
Lightweight. On the right, the labarum is decorated with a cross. The loros is richly ornamented as well as the tufa
Lightweight. On the right, the labarum is decorated with a cross. The loros is richly ornamented as well as the 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.
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