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bby_210866 - CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Hexagramme

CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Hexagramme XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 580.00 €
Type : Hexagramme
Date: c. 654-658
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits au droit. Joli revers de style fin. A été nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Burgan 34, 25 juin 1993, n° 557 et de la collection Garrett III, 29 mars 195, n° 499 et a éé acheté par JWG, Raymond le 5 mars 1925

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTINY C CONSTAN....
Obverse description : Buste barbu et couronné de Constans II et de Constantin IV imberbe de face, vêtu de la chlamyde.
Obverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantinus et Constans”, (Nos seigneurs Constantins (= Constans II) et Constantin IV).

Reverse


Reverse legend : DEYS ADIYTA ROMANIS.
Reverse description : Croix potencée sur un globe posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Deus Adiuta Romanis”, (Dieu à l'aide des romains).

Commentary


Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour un hexagramme qui est souvent mal frappé et mal conservé. Début de cassure de coin perceptible au revers au niveau de la croixx.

Historical background


CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV

(04/13/654-07/15/668)

Constans II, born in 630, was the son of Heraclius Constantine and the grandson of Heraclius. He was associated with power from September 641 and the beginning of his reign saw the final loss of Egypt to Islam. Constans, in the years 650-54, had to face numerous seditions and revolts, particularly in North Africa. In 654, his son Constantine IV became august. From 659, Heraclius and Tiberius are associated with power and, on coins, they appear on the reverse. It is Constantin, the eldest son of Constans who is always represented on the right next to his father. At the end of his reign, Constantine IV abandoned Constantinople to finally settle in Syracuse. This is where he was assassinated in 668.

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