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Follis - Michael II and Theophilos Syracuse
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 821-829 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Two facing busts arranged side by side in the field: at left, the bearded effigy of Emperor Michael II, draped in a chlamys and crowned with a cross-surmounted stemma; at right, the beardless effigy of co-emperor Theophilos, clad in a loros and likewise crowned with a cross. The portraits are rendered in the flat, stylized manner characteristic of Sicilian provincial Byzantine coinage of the early ninth century. A abbreviated bilingual legend identifying the two rulers flanks the busts in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | mIXAHL SΘЄОΦ (Translation: Michael [and] Theophilos) |
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| Mintage | ND (821-829) - Syracuse, large M - ND (821-829) - Syracuse, small M - |
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