Live auction - bby_1031619 - CONSTANS II, CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS Solidus
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Live starting : Type : Solidus
Date: 662-667
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,31 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, centré. Jolis bustes. Fine usure régulière. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CON - AN.
Obverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Constans II et de Constantin IV, vêtus de la chlamyde ; croisette au milieu ; Constans II est barbu et porte un plumet ; Constantin IV est adolescent.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - A-VGYS(THÊTA)/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés, accostée d'Héraclius à gauche et Tibère à droite ; ils sont couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde, tenant chacun une longue croix.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Monnaie montée anciennement. Pour cette émission, seules les premlière, deuxième, quatrième et huitième officine étaient signalées. Monnaie intégrée dans la nouvelle édition de l’ouvrage de A. Sommeren 2023, déjà présente dans l’ouvrage de D. Sear qui présente la particularité d’avoir un thêta horizontal en fin de légende de revers, mais pour une nouvelle officine, la sixième ;A. Urs Sommer, Neue Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches V, NNB, 68 Jahrgang, n° 3, März 2019, p. 103-105.
Coin mounted previously. For this issue, only the first, second, fourth and eighth officina were indicated. Coin integrated into the new edition of the work of A. Sommeren 2023, already present in the work of D. Sear which has the particularity of having a horizontal theta at the end of the reverse legend, but for a new officina, the sixth; A. Urs Sommer, Neue Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches V, NNB, 68 Jahrgang, n° 3, März 2019, p. 103-105
Coin mounted previously. For this issue, only the first, second, fourth and eighth officina were indicated. Coin integrated into the new edition of the work of A. Sommeren 2023, already present in the work of D. Sear which has the particularity of having a horizontal theta at the end of the reverse legend, but for a new officina, the sixth; A. Urs Sommer, Neue Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches V, NNB, 68 Jahrgang, n° 3, März 2019, p. 103-105
Historical background
CONSTANS II, CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS
(2/08/659-15/07/668)
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.
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