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115, Lot: 465. Estimate $300.
Sold for $431. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEOPHILUS, with MICHAEL II, the Amorian, and CONSTANTINE. 829-842 AD. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.45 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 831-840 AD. Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, holding patriarchal cross and akakia / Crowned facing busts of Michael II and Constantine; cross above. DOC III 3e; SB 1653. VF.

The reverse type commemorates the then-deceased father and son of Theophilus.