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Live auction - bby_1073459 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis

MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Follis AU
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 75 €
Maximum bid : 100 €
End of the sale : 13 January 2026 16:05:36
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Follis
Date: 821-829
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie, centrée. Très beau buste de Théophile, bien venu à la frappe. Des faiblesses. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : QEOFIL - BASIL.
Obverse description : 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).

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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