E-auction 15-3869 - bby_273193 - CONSTANS II Follis
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 11 € |
| Maximum bid : | 12 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 July 2013 15:44:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: an 11 ?
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, quadrangulaire irrégulier à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de face de Constans II, tenant le g lobe crucigère de la main droite.
Obverse legend : [EN TwTO NIKA].
Obverse translation : (Par ce signe tu vaincras).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/A - N/E/O/S// B.
Reverse description : Grande M, surmontée d’une croisette ; B entre les jambages.
Commentary
Malgré une usure importante, tous les détails de ce follis sont visibles et permettent une attribution sans risque. L’année régnale est normalement placée à l’exergue. Sur cet exemplaire, l’année n’est pas visible mais doit être grecque (IA) pour 11.
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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