

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus (820-829). AV Solidus. Constantinople mint. Struck 821-829 AD. Obv. *mIXAHL ЬASILЄЧS. Crowned and draped facing bust of Michael, holding cross potent in right hand and akakia in left. Rev. ΘЄOFI LO ∂ЄSP´+X. Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand and cruciform scepter in left. D.O. 5b; Sear 1640; Füeg 4.A.2. 4.46 g. 20.50 mm. R. Rare. Struck on a broad flan, brilliant and lightly toned. About EF/EF.