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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 8602451, member: 15588&quot;]The Byzantine craze continues. These portraits of Michael II and Theophilus just wouldn&#039;t leave me alone. Michael II, according to David Sear&#039;s book, became &quot;the first emperor for half a century to expire peacefully in possession of his throne.&quot; His son and heir, Theophilus, pictured to Michael&#039;s right on the coin, would unsuccessfully attempt to reestablish iconoclasm after his father&#039;s death. It would remain the last outbreak of what many historians consider a great and costly distraction from ruling and maintaining the empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1513920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1513921[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Michael II the Amorian (AD 820 - 829) with Theophilus Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; Obv: MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS, crowned facing busts of Michael (on left) and Theophilus (on right); cross above; Rev: Large M, X/X/X to left, cross above, N/N/N to right, Θ below; 29.12mm; 6.21 grams; Sear 1642</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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