bby_354525 - CONSTANS II Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 3
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan quadrangulaire centré. Beau buste de Constans. Très joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : INPER CONST.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de face de Constans II, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite.
Obverse translation : (Par ce signe tu vaincras).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/A - II/-/.
Reverse description : Grand K, surmonté d’une croisette.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : (Renouvellement/ an ).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type était précédemment attribué à Hétraclonas (641). Semble de la plus grande rareté. Manque à la plupart des ouvrages consultés. 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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