One (1) solidus coin, Michael III
Byzantine Empire, 842 - 867
Obverse Image: Portrait bust Christ with cross behind head, He has long hair and a full beard, wears pallium and colobium, and raises right hand in benediction; He holds the Gospels in left hand.
Obverse Text: IhSUS / XRISTOS
Reverse Image: Portrait bust of Michael III, with short beard wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and akakia, in field to left is a cross.
Reverse Text: MIXAHL / bASILE'
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