Watch List notes:

Michael III "the Drunkard", 842-867. Tremissis (Electrum, 12.5 mm, 1.03 g, 6 h), Syracuse, 856-866. MI-XAHΛ Crowned facing bust of Michael, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in his right hand. Rev. MI-XAHΛ Crowned facing bust of Michael, wearing loros, holding cross potent in his right hand. Cf. SB 1696A (obverse with a patriarchal cross on globus), otherwise unpublished. Extremely fine.


SB 1696A cites a unique tremissis with the obverse showing Michael holding a patriarchal cross on globus. On this coin, in which the cross is quite clear, Michael is holding a simple globus cruciger.