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bby_230998 - CONSTANS II Dodecanummium

CONSTANS II Dodecanummium XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Dodecanummium
Date: 641-642
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,45 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et court au revers sur la légende. Belle représentation au droit. Patine marron foncé
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Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Constans debout de face couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant de la main droite une longue croix et de la gauche un globe crucigère.

Reverse


Reverse legend : I-B// .
Reverse description : Croix potencée et globulée.
Reverse legend : ALEX.

Commentary


Ultime représentation du monarque byzantin avant l’invasion arabe, un témoignage. Ce type était précédemment attribué à Héraclonas, le dernier fils d’Héraclius et de Martine.

Historical background


CONSTANS II

(09/641-15/07/668)

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 obverse 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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