bby_576978 - CONSTANS II, CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS Solidus
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Price : 680.00 €
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Price : 680.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 661-663
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré, présentant une faiblesse au revers à 11h. Très jolis bustes. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-TNIYS C.
Obverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Constans II et de Constantin IV, vêtus de la chlamyde ; croisette au milieu ; Constans II est barbu et porte un plumet ; Constantin IV est adolescent.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGY(THÊTA)// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés, accostée d'Héraclius à gauche et Tibère à droite ; ils sont couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde, tenant chacun un longue croix.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).
Historical background
CONSTANS II, CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS
(2/08/659-15/07/668)
Constans II, born in 630, was the son of Heraclius Constantine and the grandson of Heraclius. He was associated with power from September 641 and the beginning of his reign saw the final loss of Egypt to Islam. Constans, in the years 650-54, had to face numerous seditions and revolts, particularly in North Africa. In 654, his son Constantine IV became august. From 659, Heraclius and Tiberius are associated with power and, on coins, they appear on the reverse. It is Constantin, the eldest son of Constans who is always represented on the right next to his father.
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