Byzanz: Theophilus
829-842
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen  Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM-46/25 The Byzantine Empire 5-12th Cent. Silver and Bronze |
Obverse |
ΘEOFIL - bASIL [Theophilos Basileus]. Büste des Theophilus mit Stola (loros) und Krone (tufa) in der Vorderansicht. In der r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum), in der l. Hand ein Kreuzglobus. |
Reverse |
ΘEO/FILE AVG/OVStE SV / nICAS [„Theophilus Augustus mögest Du siegen!“]. Vierzeiliges Schriftfeld. |
Class/status |
Imperial issue (medieval/modern)  |
Denomination |
40 Nummi (Follis)  40 Nummi (Follis)A coin of the Byzantine period valued as 40 nummi as shown by the ltter M resp. m on the reverse.
For the new coin introduced under Diocletian's monetary reform see nummus. |
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Bronze ; 8,08 g; 29 mm; 6 h |
Publications |
P. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection III-1 (1973) 435 Nr. 15 c (datiert 830/831-842); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 320 Nr. 1667; B. Kluge, Numismatik des Mittelalters (2007) Nr. 1463 (dieses Stück). |
Department |
Medieval Period, Early Middle Ages |