bby_967888 - TIBERIUS III APSIMAR Solidus
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Type : Solidus
Date: 698-705
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. De légères faiblesses. Superbe buste finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D TIBERI-YS PE - AV.
Obverse description : Buste couronné et cuirassé de face de Tibère III, tenant une haste de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Tiberius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Seigneur Tibère perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGYS/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Historical background
TIBERIUS III APSIMAR
(late 698-summer 705)
Tiberius III revolted against Leonce (695-698), whom he overthrew, but failed to stem the Muslim breakthrough in Africa. He had to face the turbulent Justinian II who had escaped from Cherson to take refuge with the Khazars, then with the Bulgarians. In 705, at the head of a barbarian army, Justinian II retook Constantinople. He hastened to take revenge on Leonce and Tiberius III whom he had mutilated before executing them.
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