v28_0476 - CONSTANS II Hexagramme
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 900.00 €
Starting price : 400.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 900.00 €
Type : Hexagramme
Date: c. 654-658
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier, légèrement ovale. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende au droit. Très beaux portraits. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTINVS 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 Constantin (= Constans II) et Constantin IV).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEYS ADIYTA .RMANIS/ -|B.
Reverse description : Croix potencée sur un globe posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Deus Adiuta Romanis”, (Dieu à l'aide des romains).
Commentary
Poids léger. ORMANIS au lieu de ROMANIS. Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour un hexagramme qui est souvent mal frappé et mal conservé.
Lightweight. ORMANIS instead of ROMANIS. Exceptional quality example for a hexagram that is often poorly struck and poorly preserved.
Lightweight. ORMANIS instead of ROMANIS. Exceptional quality example for a hexagram that is often poorly struck and poorly preserved.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
POSTUMUS Antoninien VF
15.00 €
TETRICUS I Antoninien XF
7.00 €
TETRICUS II Antoninien VF/XF
10.00 €
FALKLAND ISLANDS 2 Pence Elisabeth II / Grande Oie de Magellan 1998 MS
2.00 €
CONSTANS II Hexagramme AU
680.00 €
100 francs Cochet 1955 F.450/4 XF
6.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
