Live auction - bby_535557 - JUSTINIAN II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 15:42:15 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 687-692
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire idéalement centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers à 11h. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son coupant d’origine, notamment sur la légende de revers. Une partie du brillant de frappe est encore présent au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, n° 800
Obverse
Obverse legend : D IVSTINIA-NYS PE AV.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé de Justinien II de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGYB/ -|-// CONOB(GAMMA).
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Buste de Justinien II légèrement barbu correspondant à une émission intermédiaire.
Historical background
JUSTINIAN II
(07/10/685-11/4/711)
First 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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