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Follis of Theophilus, Michael II and Constantine (Class 2)

Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 830–842
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East; Mint: Sicily

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 18 mm; Weight: 3.39 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.319
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Theophilus facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross, holding in r. hand cross potent on base. Reverse: Two busts facing, Michael on l., bearded Constantine on r., smaller, beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross. Above heads 6-pointed star.