bby_316699 - CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Hexagramme

CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Hexagramme XF

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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 350.00 €

Type : Hexagramme

Date: c. 659-668

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,09 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Beaux portraits au droit. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise de collection ancienne. Trace de monture ancienne

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.91 - R.1622 - Do.57 - BN/B.18 - BC.998 (170£) - DMBR.12 /44 (500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N CO... ANT.

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 entourée d’Héraclius à gauche et de Tibère debout de face.

Reverse translation : “Deus Adiuta Romanis”, (Dieu à l'aide des romains).

Commentary

Exemplaire de qualité sortant de l’ordinaire pour un hexagramme qui est souvent mal frappé et mal conservé.

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.

CONSTANS II and CONSTANTINE IV Follis VF

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