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v50_0091 - CONSTANS II Tremissis

CONSTANS II Tremissis AU
MONNAIES 50 (2011)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Type : Tremissis
Date: c. 648
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Portrait particulier, stylisé . Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 29, n° 541

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N CONSTANT-INYS P P A..
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et cuirassé de Constans II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Constantin perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGY(THÊTA)./ -|(THÊTA)// CONOB.
Reverse description : Croix potencée.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (Victoire de l’auguste).

Commentary


Style du portrait inhabituel. D’après Philip Grierson, ce type est frappé entre 646 et 648 et comporte bien un point en fin de légende de revers. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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