v38_1402 - PHOCAS Follis
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 160.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 160.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés avec une faiblesse de frappe au droit dans le champ à droite. Très beau portrait consulaire. Représentation inhabituelle au revers pour un follis. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N FOCAS - [PERP AVG].
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face tenant la mappa de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Focas Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNO/ G// KYZA.
Reverse description : XXXX.
Reverse translation : (An 6).
Commentary
Exemplaire surfrappé sur un type plus ancien qui ne peut être distingué.
Historical background
PHOCAS
(23/11/602-5/10/610)
Phocas succeeded Maurice Tiberius who had just been assassinated while trying to flee from Constantinople and take refuge with his friend Chosroes II, king of the Sassanids. To avenge his friend, the Sassanid resumed hostilities against the Byzantines and invaded Syria and Asia Minor. He seized Caesarea of Cappadocia and Chalcedony. Meanwhile, the Avars spread across the Balkans, sowing death in their path. The Empire seemed on the verge of breaking up when a revolt broke out in Carthage, led by Heraclius and his father, Exarch of Carthage. They drove out Phocas who was executed in 610.
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