Description: Michael III (842 - 867). AE Follis, Syracuse mint 866-867. MIXAHL b; facing bust wearing crown with cross atop and loros and holding cross potent / Large M with cross above and Θ below.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 1,84 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SB 1697; DOC 12

Commentary: very scarce; brown patina

History: Nearly 400 years after Anastasius I introduced his famous follis with the letter M for its denomination, was this type of coin, shrunken to merely 10% of original weight, for the last time minted on the island of Sicily, which stood shortly before the ultimate fall to the Arabs.

Article Number: 061-04-05-42750