THEOPHILUS, 829-842. AV Solidus (3.84 gms), Syracuse Mint. NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5..S-1670. Bust with short bead facing wearing crown, holding cross potent; Reverse: Bust with short beard facing wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger. A pleasing example of this branch mint at the western edge of the Byzantine empire..From the Greenway Collection.