bby_970354 - REVOLT OF THE HERACLII Decanummium
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Decanummium
Date: 608-610
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE TRONQUÉE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Héraclius de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : N-M.
Reverse description : Grand X surmonté d’une croix et une étoile au-dessous.
Historical background
REVOLT OF THE HERACLII
(summer 608 - 5/10/610
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.
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