bby_790555 - CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 656-662
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier, centré. Monnaie surfrappée sur un follis de Justinien II. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Constans II et Constantin IV debout de face, Constans a la barbe longue. Ils sont couronnés. Constans porte la cuirasse, Constantin IV, la chlamyde.
Reverse
Reverse legend : // SCL.
Reverse description : Grande M, surmonté d’un monogramme.
Historical background
CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV
(04/13/654-07/15/668)
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. 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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