v36_1176 - CONSTANS II Solidus
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 701.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 762.00 €
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 701.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 762.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: indiction 5
Date: 646/647
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type monétaire. Beau portrait. Deux petites marques sur la tranche au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CON-TANTIN.
Obverse description : Buste barbu, couronné de Constans II de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantinus”, (Notre seigneur Constantin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTO-R AG(DELTA)E / // CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti quartum/ quintum”, (Victoire de l’auguste an 4/5).
Commentary
Solidus globulaire. Notre exemplaire est légèrement différent de celui du trésor de Rougga n° 243, pl. XI avec VICTO-R AG au lieu de VICTO-RI AG. Notre exemplaire présente la particularité d’avoir un epsilon pour la cinquième indiction accostant le delta. Notre exemplaire est le second signalé avec cette indiction avec une variante de légende de droit et de revers. Semble de la plus grande rareté.
Globular solidus. Our example is slightly different from that of the Rougga treasure no. 243, pl. XI with VICTO-R AG instead of VICTO-RI AG. Our example has the particularity of having an epsilon for the fifth indiction approaching the delta. Our example is the second reported with this indiction with a variant of the obverse and reverse legend. Seems to be of the greatest rarity
Globular solidus. Our example is slightly different from that of the Rougga treasure no. 243, pl. XI with VICTO-R AG instead of VICTO-RI AG. Our example has the particularity of having an epsilon for the fifth indiction approaching the delta. Our example is the second reported with this indiction with a variant of the obverse and reverse legend. Seems to be of the greatest rarity
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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