bby_582602 - CONSTANTINE IV POGONATUS Solidus
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Price : 1 200.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 681-685
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe buste. La monnaie présente quelques faiblesses de frappe. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : P CONST-AN PP A.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué avec crête, plumet et cuirassé de Constantin IV de face, tenant de la main droite une lance placée sur l'épaule et un bouclier orné d’un cavalier de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Constantinus perpetuus Augustus”, (Seigneur Constantin perpétuel auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORA - AVGYH/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IV POGONATUS
(07/15/668 - 07/10/685)
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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