Michael III "the Drunkard", with Theodora and Thecla. 842-867. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 842-circa 843. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 123
Lot: 782. Estimated: $ 4 000

Byzantine, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 8 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Michael III "the Drunkard", with Theodora and Thecla. 842-867. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 842-circa 843. Crowned facing bust of Theodora, wearing loros, holding patriarchal globus cruciger and cruciform scepter / Crowned facing bust of Michael, wearing chlamys, and holding globus cruciger, and crowned half-length figure of Thecla, to right, wearing loros, and holding patriarchal cross and akakia. DOC 1e; Füeg 1.B; SB 1686. Holed and repaired, overstuck on an earlier Constantinople mint solidus. VF. Very rare.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 75 (18 November 2013), lot 724; Sotheby’s (17 November 1983), lot 351.


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