E-auction 136-76101 - bby_365240 - CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS Follis
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 33 € |
| Maximum bid : | 45 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 November 2015 15:17:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: 674-681
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et court, à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste barbu, couronné de Constantin de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant la lance transversale sur l’épaule entre deux croisettes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME/// [SCL].
Reverse description : Grand M surmonté d'une croisette, accosté d'Héraclius à gauche et de Tibère à droite.
Reverse legend : (TKw)
Commentary
Intéressante variante où l’empereur n’est pas casqué mais couronné et diadémé, cependant vêtu militairement.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IV, HERACLIUS and TIBERIUS
(07/15/668-autumn 681)
Associated to the throne from 659 by their father Constans II, Heraclius and Tiberius were deposed by their brother, Constantin IV, who succeeded his father in 668 after the latter's assassination. He immediately had to face the Islamic thrust. Constantinople was threatened and besieged for four years. For the first time in poliorcetics, Greek fire was used to repel the besiegers. The Islamic fleet suffered heavy losses and the city was saved. Constantin IV also had to fight against Bulgarian interference in the Balkans where the Byzantines were finally beaten and had to abandon Moesia to their conquerors. He reigned alone the last four years of his life and left the empire to Justinian II in 685.
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