bby_311865 - BYZANTINE - SASANIAN OCCUPATION - KHOSROW II Hexanummi
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Hexanummi
Date: 613-618
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, légèrement décentré au droit. Revers énigmatique. Belle patine vert noir
Obverse
Obverse legend : DD M HERACL.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur deux degrés.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand S dans le champ avec un grènetis circulaire.
Commentary
Poids très léger. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
BYZANTINE - SASANIAN OCCUPATION - KHOSROW II
(590-628)
Chosroes II (Khusro) is the grandson of Chosroes I (531-579) and the enemy of Justinian I (527-565). Successor of his father Hormizd IV (579-590), he was the last great Sassanid king. Allied with Maurice Tiberius (582-602) and learning of the assassination of the latter, he invaded the Byzantine Empire but the Sassanid kingdom succumbed under the combined blows of the Byzantines who won a great victory in 628, the Avars and especially the Muslims. Omar (634-644), Commander of the Faithful, takes Ctesiphon in 636 and Jerusalem two years later. The last Sasanian king was overthrown in 651.
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