E-auction 80-39801 - bby_295586 - THEOPHILUS Follis
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 34 € |
| Maximum bid : | 42 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2014 16:20:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: 830/831-842
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, un peu court sur les légendes. Beaux portraits. Patine verte, légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : QEOFI LO - BASIL.
Obverse description : Buste barbu et couronné de Théophile de face, vêtu de la chlamyde et tenant la croix patriarcale de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche, étoile.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MIXAHL S [CONST].
Reverse description : Bustes de face de Michel à gauche et de Constantin à droite, couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde ; au milieu, une étoile à six rais.
Commentary
Poids lourd pour ce type.
Heavyweight for this type
Heavyweight for this type
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.
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