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bby_208971 - THEOPHILUS Follis

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Type : Follis

Date: 830/831-842

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 5,41 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Très beau buste, de haut relief et de style fin. Revers un peu mou. Jolie patine noire brillante

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.23 - R.1823 - Do.15 a.10 - BN/B.7 - BC.1667

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 36, n° 1187

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 : en quatre lignes.

Reverse translation : (Théophile auguste proclame sa victoire).

Commentary

Poids léger. Au droit, le labarum est orné. Le loros est richement ornementé ainsi que la tufa.

Historical background

THEOPHILUS

(2/10/829-20/01/842)

Michael II, like Justin three hundred years earlier, is a soldier of low extraction. He joined his son Théophile from the beginning of the reign, May 12, 821 or June 1, 822, and the latter succeeded him in 829. Théophile was a cultivated man and a scholar who continued the fight against opponents of iconoclasm , but with moderation and justice. He associated his eldest son Constantine to the throne, but the latter died in 831. He had to face the rise of Islamic power and, at the end of the reign, he saw the fall of Amorium, the fortress from which he originated. He died in 842 and his son, Michael III the drunkard, succeeded him.

THEOPHILUS Follis XF/VF

bby_208971 - THEOPHILUS Follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

THEOPHILUS

(2/10/829-20/01/842)

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