| Description: | Michael II, with Theophilus. A.D. 820-829. AV solidus (20 mm, 4.38 g). Constantinople. MIXAHL bASILEUS (or bASILEU or bASILE), Michael II, 820-829 AD. AV Solidus. 4.40 gr. Constantinople. MIX AHL bASILEs, facing bust of Michael, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia, star to left / QEOFILO DESP (sometimes with cross before and ending with B, E or X), crowned facing bust of Theophilus, holding cross on globe and cross-tipped sceptre. DOC 5b, SB 1640. |
