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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Isaurian Dynasty| > |Theophilus| > BZ71126
Byzantine Empire, Theophilus, 12 May 821 - 20 January 842 A.D.
|Theophilus|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Theophilus,| |12| |May| |821| |-| |20| |January| |842| |A.D.|, Theophilus was an accomplished scholar and highly cultured. Although he admired Arab art and civilization, he was obliged to expend much effort defending his eastern frontier against Mutasim, the Caliph of Baghdad. He died of dysentery.
BZ71126. Bronze half follis, Anastasi 555; SBCV 1680 (follis); DOC III-1 29 (follis); Trivero 124 (follis); Sommer 31.13 (follis); Spahr -; Calciati MBBS -, F, Syracuse mint, weight 1.975g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 180o, 831 - 835 A.D.; obverse ΘEOFILOS bAS, crowned bust facing, wearing loros, cross potent in right; reverse + MIXHAL S COhST, facing busts of Michael II (left) and Constantine, each wears crown and chlamys, star above; SOLD











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