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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 2749543, member: 87200&quot;]Michael II reigned as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Byzantine Emperor</a> from 25 December 820 to his death on 2 October 829, the first ruler of the Amorian dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorium" rel="nofollow">Amorium</a>, Michael was a soldier, rising to high rank along with his colleague <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_V_the_Armenian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_V_the_Armenian" rel="nofollow">Leo V the Armenian</a> (r. 813–820). He helped Leo overthrow and take the place of Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_Rangabe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_Rangabe" rel="nofollow">Michael I Rangabe</a>. However, they later had a falling out, and Leo sentenced Michael to death. Michael then masterminded a conspiracy which resulted in Leo&#039;s assassination on Christmas 820. Immediately he faced the long revolt of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Slav" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Slav" rel="nofollow">Thomas the Slav</a>, which almost cost him his throne and was not completely suppressed until spring 824. The later years of his reign were marked by two major military disasters that had long-term effects: the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Sicily" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Sicily" rel="nofollow">Muslim conquest of Sicily</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete#Conquest_of_Crete" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete#Conquest_of_Crete" rel="nofollow">loss of Crete to the Saracens</a>. Domestically, he supported and strengthened the resumption of official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm" rel="nofollow">iconoclasm</a>, which had begun again under Leo V.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse, head of Michael and Theophilus Facing. Revers, large M with cross. Please post your byzantine coins here, especially of the ninth century. Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629438[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629439[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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