bby_916232 - MICHAEL II and THEOPHILOS Miliaresion
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Price : 162.00 €
Type : Miliaresion
Date: 822-829
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Trouée en deux endroits. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IHSYS XRISTYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés entourée d'un triple grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : +MIXA/ HL S QEOFI/ LE E C QEY/ BASILIS RO/ MAIOH.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans un triple grènetis.
Commentary
Monnaie trouée à deux endroits.
Coin with holes in two places
Coin with holes in two places
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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