Theophilus AV Tremissis. Syracuse, circa AD 831-842. ΘEOFIΛOS, crowned facing bust wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger / ΘEOFIΛOS, crowned facing bust wearing loros, holding cross potent. DOC 27; Sear 1678 var. (Λ not L in legends); Triton XIII, 1688 corr. (same). 1.16g, 12mm, 6h.
Near Mint State.
Differentiated from the semissis by virtue of the Λ in the legends instead of L (see lot 725), Sear does not note the same variant legend for the tremissis, as on the present example.