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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 2575967, member: 74968&quot;]So I got an email from H J Berk regarding some newly released &quot;Byzantine&quot; (for the sake of those who do not like &quot;Romaion&quot;) coins. I scrolled down the list and found this one for a price I could not resist. I simply loved the look of this coin. The obverse features Theophilos, while the reverse depicts his father Michael and Son Constantine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theophilos was quite interesting. Besides fighting wars with the Arabs on 2 fronts, he was also the last of the iconoclastic emperors. According to wikipedia he also strengthened the walls surrounding Constantinople and built a hospital.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is not perfect. It is described as VF and it has a slight bend. That is okay with me, it is after all over 1100 years old. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]558157[/ATTACH] It was the portraits that attracted me to this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything related.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theophilus (AD 829-842), with Constantine and Michael II. AV solidus&nbsp; 4.38 gm Constantinople, </p><p>&nbsp;Obv: ΘЄOFI-LOS bASILЄ Θ, </p><p>&nbsp;Rev: MIXAHL S COhSTAhTIN&#039;, Sear 1653.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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