| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61460 | Auction date: 28 January 2025 |
| Lot number: 21050 Price realized: 2,200 USD (Approx. 2,096 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Theophilus (AD 829-842). AV solidus (20mm, 4.47 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, edge marks, brushed. Constantinople, AD 829-830. * ΘЄOFI-LOS ЬASILЄ', crowned bust of Theophilus facing, wearing slight beard and loros, cruciform scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right / CVRIЄ ЬOHΘHtO SOdOVLO * Є, patriarchal cross set upon three steps. Sear 1655. Second emperor of the Amorian dynasty, Theophilus was carefully educated by his father Michael II and acquired a taste for scholarship. An admirer of Arab culture, he sent a magnificent embassy to the Caliph of Baghdad, which was graciously received. Nonetheless, the Arabs launched raids into Byzantine territory throughout the reign, one of which destroyed the emperor's hometown of Amorium in AD 838. Theophilus sought to revive learning within the Empire and brought scholars to Constantinople who would later establish the university under his successor. A fervent iconoclast, he was the last emperor to persecute those who venerated sacred images. Nevertheless, he was a careful and judicious ruler whose administrative reforms strengthened the state. Upon his death in AD 842, power passed to his wife Theodora as regent for his infant son Michael III; she soon ended the persecution and effectively closed the divisive iconoclastic era. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/theophilus-ad-829-842-av-solidus-20mm-447-gm-6h-ngc-au-5-5-2-5-edge-marks-brushed/p/61460-25001.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61460-01282025 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 8214046003 |  |
