SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
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Solidus 842/843.
Obv. + ΘЄODO - RA dЄSPVn´A Crowned bust of Theodora in loros facing; in r. hand globus with patriarchal cross, in l. hand cruciform sceptre.
Rev. °MIXAHL S - ΘЄCLA Crowned busts of Michael III on l. and his sister Thecla on r. Michael is wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Thecla is wearing loros and holding long patriarchal cross in r. hand.
Sear 1686. DOC 1a.
4.45 g. Very rare. Struck on a solidus of Leo IV (DOC1b). Good very fine.
Ex Garrett Collection. Auction Bank Leu/NFA , Zurich, October 1984. Lot 405.
Ex Wayte Raymond 1924.