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ID:     76001692
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Theophilus
Date Ruled:     AD 829-842
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Semissis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 831-842
Weight:     1.79 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     θOFILOϚ
Obverse Description:     Crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger
Reverse Legend:     θOFILOϚ
Reverse Description:     Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger
Mint:     Syracuse
Primary Reference:     DOC 26b
Reference2:     SB 1673
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109367
Grade:     EF, toned.
Notes:     Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1692 From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Virgil Brand Collection, Part 7 (Sotheby’s, 25 October 1984), lot 688; Max Verworn Collection (A. Hess, 14 June 1922), lot 61.