| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33299 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,105 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Michael II the Amorian (AD 820-829). AV solidus (17mm, 3.85 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Syracuse. MI-XAHL, crowned bust of Michael II facing, beardless, wearing loros, cross potent in right hand / MIX-AHL dЄ, crowned bust of Michael II facing, beardless, wearing chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand. Sear 1643. Flashy surfaces with dimensional and bold designs. Ex Sincona, Auction 6 (23 May 2012), lot 329; Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 1327. Born of humble parentage in central Anatolia, Michael the Amorian entered the army and rose through the ranks to become the right-hand man of Leo V the Armenian; however, in AD 820 Leo accused him of treason and had him arrested. Partisans of Michael assassinated Leo and raised Michael to the purple. He was challenged by a rival general, Thomas the Slav, and the resultant civil war lasted until AD 823, allowing the Arabs to invade Crete and Sicily. Elsewhere he held the line. Of iconoclastic views, Michael was tolerant as to enforcement, and religious unrest receded. He was the first emperor in decades to die quietly in his bed, leaving the throne to his learned son Theophilus. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-michael-ii-the-amorian-ad-820-829-av-solidus-17mm-385-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5-edge-marks/a/3114-33299.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
