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bby_311865 - BYZANTINE - SASANIAN OCCUPATION - KHOSROW II Hexanummi
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Hexanummi
Date: 613-618
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, légèrement décentré au droit. Revers énigmatique. Belle patine vert noir
Obverse
Obverse legend : DD M HERACL.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur deux degrés.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand S dans le champ avec un grènetis circulaire.
Commentary
Poids très léger. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Very light weight. This is the second time that we offer this type for sale which seems rarer than the general works suggest.
Very light weight. This is the second time that we offer this type for sale which seems rarer than the general works suggest.
Historical background
BYZANTINE - SASANIAN OCCUPATION - KHOSROW II
(590-628)
Chosroes II (Khusro) is the grandson of Chosroes I (531-579) and the enemy of Justinian I (527-565). Successor of his father Hormizd IV (579-590), he was the last great Sassanid king. Allied with Maurice Tiberius (582-602) and learning of the assassination of the latter, he invaded the Byzantine Empire but the Sassanid kingdom succumbed under the combined blows of the Byzantines who won a great victory in 628, the Avars and especially the Muslims. Omar (634-644), Commander of the Faithful, takes Ctesiphon in 636 and Jerusalem two years later. The last Sasanian king was overthrown in 651.
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