Watch List notes:

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus, 820-829. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.48 g, 5 h), Syracuse. MIXAHL S ΘЄOL Facing busts of Michael II, bearded, wearing chlamys, on the left and Theophilus, beardless, wearing loros on the right, both wearing crown surmounted by cross; between their heads, cross. Rev. Large M; above, cross; below, Θ. DOC 21. SB 1652. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.