bby_1164974 - CONSTANTINE IV POGONATUS Demi-follis
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Type : Demi-follis
Date: 681-685
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Frappe un peu molle, et flan très légèrement décentré. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste barbu, casqué de Constantin de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant la lance transversale sur l’épaule entre deux croisettes.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand K.
Reverse legend : M-C
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IV POGONATUS
(07/15/668 - 07/10/685)
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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