MK-B | Byzanz: Theophilus 829-842

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Byzanz: Theophilus 829-842
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 242, BM46/25 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.
Sitter	Theophilus (829-842)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Theophilus (829-842)
Date	829-842 Early Middle ages
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.
	Bronze ; 8,08 g; 29 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
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).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, Early Middle Ages
Accession	1841/938
Object number	18204179
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