bby_398953 - CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS Hexagramme
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Type : Hexagramme
Date: c. 669-674
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, bien centré à l’usure régulière. Beau portrait de Constantin IV avec la légende longue et complète. Joli revers. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTAN-TINYS E CONST.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, coiffé du casque à plumet, cuirassé, de face, tenant une haste de la main droite reposant sue l’épaule droite et un bouclier.
Obverse translation : (Dominus Noster Constantinus et Constans).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEYS ADIUTA ROMANIS.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur un globe et deux degrés, accosté à gauche d’Héraclius et de Tibère à droite, tous les deux couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde, tenant chacun un globe crucigère ; Tibère est plus petit que son frère.
Reverse translation : (Dieu aide les Romains).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS
(07/15/668-autumn 681)
Associated to the throne from 659 by their father Constans II, Heraclius and Tiberius were deposed by their brother, Constantin IV, who succeeded his father in 668 after the latter's assassination. He immediately had to face the Islamic thrust. Constantinople was threatened and besieged for four years. For the first time in poliorcetics, Greek fire was used to repel the besiegers. The Islamic fleet suffered heavy losses and the city was saved. Constantin IV also had to fight against Bulgarian interference in the Balkans where the Byzantines were finally beaten and had to abandon Moesia to their conquerors. He reigned alone the last four years of his life and left the empire to Justinian II in 685.
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