Live auction - bby_469447 - HERACLIUS and HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE Solidus
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| Estimate : | 780 € |
| Price : | 480 € |
| Maximum bid : | 495 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 January 2018 15:06:02 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: 629-632
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale avec un écrasement de flan sur les légendes au droit et au revers. Beaux portraits. Joli revers. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : DD NN HERACLIYS ET HERA CONST PP AY.
Obverse description : Bustes de face vus à mi-corps d'Héraclius à gauche et d'Héraclius Constantin à droite couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde ; Héraclius est barbu ; au milieu au-dessus, une croisette.
Obverse translation : “Domini Nostri Heraclius et Heraclius Constantinus Augusti”, (Nos seigneurs Héraclius et Héraclius Constantin augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVCY(THÊTA)/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
HERACLIUS and HERACLIUS CONSTANTINE
(01/22/613-07/4/638)
Heraclius had been prefect of Africa since the reign of Maurice Tiberius. With his son, also named Heraclius, he revolted against the tyranny of Phocas. The sedition broke out in the summer of 608 and quickly the Heracliids controlled Carthage and Alexandria as well as Cyprus. On October 4, 610, Heraclius landed in Constantinople, overthrew Phocas and had him put to death. The reign of Heraclius began badly. The Sassanids occupied Asia Minor and in particular Jerusalem. From 622, Heraclius resumed the offensive and Jerusalem became Christian again in 628. Heraclius recovered the true cross, symbol of the new type of solidus. He married Martine, his niece, in second marriage. She was the mother of Heraclonas, born in 626, created Caesar in 630, associated with the throne in 638. After the death of Heraclius, on January 11, 641, Heraclius Constantine in turn disappeared on April 20, 641. This is the son of Martine, Heraclonas, who ascended the throne. As early as September, Heraclonas was obliged to crown his nephew Constans as co-emperor. He was deposed in October, mutilated and exiled with his mother to Rhodes.
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