bby_504603 - CONSTANS II Demi-silique
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 220.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 220.00 €
Type : Demi-silique
Date: 659-668
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure très importante au revers, identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Constans II à gauche avec la longue barbe et de Constantin IV à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Bustes d’Héraclius et de Tibère de face.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
CONSTANS II
(09/641-15/07/668)
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 obverse next to his father. At the end of his reign, Constantine IV abandoned Constantinople to finally settle in Syracuse. This is where he was assassinated in 668.
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