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Michael I Rhangabe with Theophylactus, 811–813, Constantinople, Solidus, crowned bust of Michael holding cross and akakia / crowned bust of Theophylactus holding globe and sceptre, DOC 1b, S 1615, 4.43 g. Very rare.
Michael Rhangabe was a high-court official that seized power when Nicephorus I was killed in battle. His eldest son Theophylactus became co-emperor and Michael thereby reversed the iconoclast policies of his predecessor. He had little success as ruler and abdicated in 813 and then lived 30 years as a monk.
Ex. Niels Stampe; ex. Lanz 151/956, Munich, June 2011, ticket enclosed.
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