Michael III, with Theodora and Thecla, AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 842-850. • MIXAHLS ӨЄCLA, facing busts of Thecla on right, wearing crown with cross, pendilia and loros and holding patriarchal cross, and Michael on left, wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger / + ΘEO∂ORA ∂ESPVҺ A, facing bust of Theodora, wearing crown with cross, pendilia and loros, and holding cruciform sceptre and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross. Füeg -, cf. 1.F for obverse type (unlisted with reverse type 3); DOC 1f; Sear 1686. 4.30g, 21mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. Very Rare without pinnacles on Thecla's crown.

From a private North European collection.