v20_0123 - BYZANTINE - SASANIAN OCCUPATION - KHOSROW II Douze nummi ou Dodecanummium
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 310.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 310.00 €
Type : Douze nummi ou Dodecanummium
Date: 618-628
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,49 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large et épais. Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de Chosroès II de face avec pendilia accosté d’une étoile à huit rais à gauche et d’un croissant de lune à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Grand I-B ; au milieu, croix globulée posée sur un degré.
Reverse legend : ALEX
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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