Live auction - bby_498455 - CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS Solidus
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 15:03:38 |
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 668-669
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré de frappe un peu faible sur les légendes de droit et du revers. Portrait initial de Constantin IV bien venu à la frappe. Revers de style fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTA-TINYS C C[OS].
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Constantin IV de face, vêtu de la chlamyde et tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constantin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-A - AGY/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés, accostée d'Héraclius à gauche et de Tibère à droite, couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde, tenant chacun un globe crucigère.
Reverse legend : [Q]
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).
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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