Byzantine Empire Gold Solidus Coin

 Byzantine Gold Solidus of Theophilos 

Byzantine Gold Solidus

Byzantine Empire Solidus Gold Coin depicting Theophilos, with his father Michael II and his eldest son Constantine in the reverse,  Theophilos (829-842D).


Obverse: Bust of Theophilus facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding patriarchal cross and akakia.
Legend: * ΘEOFI-LOS bASILE Θ

Reverse: Facing busts of Michael II and Constantine, son of Theophilos, each wearing crown and chlamys, cross between.
Legend: +MIXAHL S COhSTAhTIn'

Mint Period: 829-842 AD Constantinople mint
References: Friedberg 199, Sear 1653
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 4.37 gram of  Pure Gold

Theophilos (Greek: Θεόφιλος; 813 – 20 January 842), Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Phrygian dynasty, and the last emperor supporting iconoclasm. Theophilos personally led the armies in his lifelong war against the Arabs, beginning in 831.