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v38_1413 - CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Solidus

CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Solidus MS
MS
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 404.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 654-659
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Revers magnifique montrant la croix du Golgotha. Pièce ayant conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.40  - R.-  - Do.25 b - BN/B.-  - BC.959 (225£)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTINYS C CONSTA.
Obverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Constans II et de Constantin IV, vêtus de la chlamyde ; croisette au milieu.
Obverse translation : “Domini Nostri Constantinus et Constans...”, (Nos seigneurs Constantin et Constans...).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGYB// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La victoire des augustes).

Commentary

Nous avons proposé un exemplaire dans MONNAIES XVIII, n° 780 où il s’est vendu 445€ avec quatre offres en SUP sur une estimation de 300/550€.

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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