bby_588730 - JUSTINIAN II Tremissis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 1 800.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 1 800.00 €
Type : Tremissis
Date: 705-711
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court mais bien centré. Très joli revers, bien détaillé, ainsi qu’un beau buste du Christ
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une vente WAG Online n°50, Lot 39
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IHS CHS REX - REGNANTIYM.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face avec la croix ; il est barbu, vêtu du pallium et du colombium ; il bénit de la main droite et tient les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Ihesus Christus Rex Regnantium”, (Notre seigneur Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [D N IYST]INIANYS ET TIBERIYS PP A.
Reverse description : Bustes de face de Justinien II et de Tibère ; Justinien est à gauche, Tibère enfant, à droite ; ils sont tous les deux couronnés, portent le divitision et la chlamyde ; ils tiennent tout deux, une croix potencée.
Reverse translation : “Domini Nostri Iustinianus et Tiberius Perpetui Augusti”, (Nos seigneurs Justinien et Tibère perpétuels augustes).
Historical background
JUSTINIAN II
(07/10/685-11/4/711)
Second reign
Justinian II, son of Constantine IV, succeeded his father in 685, at the age of sixteen. An advantageous peace with the Muslims enabled him to devote himself to the Balkan problem, which he dealt with by massively deporting Slavs to Asia Minor where he settled them, following the example of his grandfather, Constans II. In 695, he was overthrown by a palace plot, led by General Léonce. Justinian II was saved, but his nose and tongue were cut off. Mutilated, he was sent into exile in Cherson from where he escaped. He took refuge with the Tsar of the Khazars and prepared his revenge but had to flee under pressure from Tiberius III Aspimar to find refuge with Tervel, the khan of the Bulgarians. He returned victorious to Byzantium in the summer of 705 at the head of a barbarian army and savagely took revenge on Leonce and Tiberius III by having them executed. He reigned terror for six years before being murdered along with his six-year-old son Tiberius, ending the Heracliid dynasty. He is known for his religious orthodoxy and the introduction of the representation of Christ on coins.
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